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• Fossils
  Anthropology
  Human Evolution
  Early Humans
  Evolution
  Nature
   
  

  The Piltdown Forgery

  On 21 November 1953, one of the most fascinating puzzles in science was finally solved. Three scientists--Joseph Weiner, Kenneth Oakley, and Wilfrid Le Gros Clark--described their investigations into ...  > read more
• Weapons Technology
  Space Policy
  Space Exploration
  Engineering
  Space Probes
  Astronomy
   
  

  Project Orion: The True Story of the Atomic Spaceship

  Like cheap, shiny space suits and bug-eyed rubber monsters, nuclear-powered spaceships today seem like little more than laughably naïve 1950s science fiction tropes. It might have been ...  > read more
• Dinosaurs
  Fish
  Marine Biology
  Fossils
  Frogs and Reptiles
  Nature
   
  

  Sea Dragons: Predators Of The Prehistoric Oceans

  In the days when dinosaurs dominated the earth, their marine counterparts-every bit as big and ferocious-reigned supreme in prehistoric seas. In this entrancing book, Richard Ellis, one of the ...  > read more
• World Development
  HIV and AIDS
  Infectious Diseases
  Health Policy
  STD
  Environmental Policy
   
  

  Global AIDS: Myths And Facts : Tools for Fighting the AIDS Pendemic

  AIDS is the most devastating communicable disease in history, and structures of poverty and injustice are magnifying the crisis in underresourced countries. More than 36 million people are infected ...  > read more
• Dinosaurs
  Paleontology
  Fossils
  Ancient Civilizations
  Archaeology
  Tyrannosaurus Rex
   
  

  The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt

  The date is January 11, 1911. A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a ...  > read more
• Space Station
  NASA
  Space Policy
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
   
  

  We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race

  How Apollo commander Stafford defused the Cold War in space by leading the way to Soviet/US cooperation. What an amazing career—Tom Stafford attained the highest speed ever reached by a test ...  > read more
• Sustainability
  Environmental Issues
  Environmental Policies
  Global Warming
  Computer Modeling
  Climate
   
  

  The Limits to Growth

  In 1972, three scientists from MIT created a computer model that analyzed global resource consumption and production. Their results shocked the world and created stirring conversation about global ...  > read more

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