01/21/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Joy Today and a Gloomy Prediction
Joyful inauguration and river landing but a much too warm future?
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01/06/2009
Dr. Bortrum
Animal Stories and Weather
Birds and primates learn value of currency; weather extremes here on Earth and in Space
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12/25/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Ice from the Sky/Bortrum on Vacation
Megacryometeorites - hefty ice chunks out of the blue; superhail or shed from airliners?
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12/11/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Intelligence and Other Stuff in 2008
Potpourri of Discover's top stories and other tidbits
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12/04/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Teeth, Dirty and Otherwise
Teeth provide clues to diet and to childhood
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11/27/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Holiday for Bortrum
No column this week
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11/20/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Heavenly Portraits
Actual images of four planets orbiting distant stars captured by Hubble and Keck
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11/13/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Crystal Growth
Huge crystals in a Mexican cave
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11/06/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Potpourri
Obnoxious critters, revisiting life origin experiments, venting of a retiree, election musings
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10/30/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Lithium in Your Auto?
Are lithium-ion batteries really going to power your car?
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10/23/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Commitments
Long-term commitments in voles and in mapping the universe
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10/16/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Tiny Bears in Space
Water bears survive adventure in space
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10/09/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Helium Spill
Helium and the Large Hadron Collider episode
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10/02/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Looking in the Mirror
Magpies the first birds shown to recognize ithemselves in mirror
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09/25/2008
Dr. Bortrum
Ancestral Dirt
Is manmade dirt the solution to hunger and global warming?
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