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Select this Article		Living with a Variable Sun Judith Lean


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Select this Article		Ups and Downs of Nuclear Isomers Philip M. Walker and James J. Carroll


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Select this Article		Physics, Philosophy, and Scientific Progress Albert Einstein


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Select this Article		Citation Statistics from 110 Years of Physical Review Sidney Redner


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PHYSICS UPDATE

Select this Article		Physics Update Phillip G. Schewe, Ben Stein, and Betram Schwarzchild


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REFERENCE FRAME

Select this Article FREE		Tsunamis and Earthquakes: What Physics is Interesting? David Stevenson


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LETTERS

Select this Article		Readers Respond to ‘God's Rays’ Bruce L. Rhoads, Jean Bullard, Rustum Roy, and Steven Morris


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Select this Article		Thoughts on Starting the Hydrogen Economy Peter J. Feibelman, Lewis A. Glenn, Phil Stripling, George W. Crabtree, Mildred S. Dresselhaus, and Michelle V. Buchanan


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Select this Article		Safety and Another Magazine Mystery for Los Alamos J. Charles Smith and Paul Ginsparg


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Select this Article		Albert Einstein to Max Born Irene Born Newton‐John, Translator and Albert Einstein


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SEARCH AND DISCOVERY

Select this Article		Modeling the Sumatra–Andaman Earthquake Reveals a Complex, Nonuniform Rupture Mark Wilson


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Select this Article FREE		Hybrid Imaging System Combines X Rays and Magnetic Resonance to Improve Surgical Procedures Charles Day

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ISSUES AND EVENTS

Select this Article		Limiting Light Pollution Is Ongoing Challenge Toni Feder


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Select this Article		Creationist Wave Hits Volcanoes of the Deep Sea Jim Dawson


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Select this Article		Scientists Boycott Kansas Antievolution Hearings Jim Dawson


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Select this Article		Infrared Illuminates Ancient Scrolls Paul Guinnessy


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Select this Article		Private Donations Fund Theory Institute in Germany Toni Feder


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Select this Article		Mixed Results for Women, Minorities at DOE Labs Jim Dawson


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Select this Article		News Notes Jim Dawson and Toni Feder


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Select this Article		Web Watch Charles Day

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OPINION

Select this Article		Why No “New Einstein”? Lee Smolin


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BOOKS

Select this Article		Expedition Mars Martin J. L. Turner and George D. Nelson, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Mass Spectrometry: A Textbook Jürgen H. Gross and Peter J. Todd, Reviewer


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Select this Article		A Well‐Ordered Thing: Dmitrii Mendeleev and the Shadow of the Periodic Table Michael D. Gordin and Ursula Klein, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Renormalization Methods: A Guide for Beginners W. D. McComb and Uwe C. Täuber, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Energy Landscapes: With Applications to Clusters, Biomolecules and Glasses David J. Wales and Julius Jellinek, Reviewer


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Select this Article		Polymeric Liquids and Networks: Structure and Properties William W. Graessley and Jack F. Douglas, Reviewer


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Select this Article FREE		New Books

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NEW PRODUCTS

Select this Article FREE		Focus on Sensors Lawrence G. Rubin

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WE HEAR THAT

Select this Article		Balibar, Davis, and Packard to Share London Prize


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Select this Article		AIP Bestows Gemant Award on von Baeyer


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Select this Article		In Brief


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OBITUARIES

Select this Article FREE		Thomas Michael Donahue Tamas I. Gombosi


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Select this Article FREE		Joel Henry Ferziger John Kim, Jeffrey R. Koseff, Anthony Leonard, and Robert L. Street


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Select this Article FREE		John Seth Laughlin Jean St. Germain and C. Clifton Ling


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Select this Article FREE		Hans Pauly Udo Buck, Rudolf Düren, and J. Peter Toennies


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Select this Article FREE		Rendel Sebastian Pease Nicol J. Peacock and Jes P. Christiansen


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Select this Article FREE		Theodore David Schultz Alan B. Fowler


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Select this Article FREE		Julia A. Thompson Keith Baker, Wilfred E. Cleland, Simon Eidelman, and William J. Willis


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Select this Article FREE		Ming Xie William Fawley, Miguel Furman, and Kwang‐Je Kim


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