Science World

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Articles in Oct 15, 2001, issue of Science World

• The science of violence: As the toll of teen violence grows, scientists search for reasons why - Life Science: Teen Health The Brain Hormones - research - Statistical Data Included
  by Pearl Gaskins
• Dino debate: predator or scavenger? - Chart Reading/Critical Thinking - tyrannosaurus rex - Brief Article - Illustration
• The secret life of dinos: step back in time with the largest beasts ever to walk the Earth - Earth/Life Science: Cretaceous Period Dinosaurs Fossils.Tyrannosaurus rex fossil discovery - Statistical Data Included
  by Kim Masibay
• Science in the news quiz - Reading Comprehension
• Shower power - Physical news - why bath curtains billow inward - Brief Article
  by Kim Y. Masibay
• Wear the right stuff: spacesuit science - Cover Story
  by Mona Chiang
• How to talk about disaster: the tragic events and images from September 11 shook the nation. Dr. Bruce D. Perry, a specialist in child trauma, offers SCIENCE WORLD teachers advice on how to talk to students in times of disaster - Special Report - Brief Ar
  by Bruce D. Perry
• Micro-miracle - Freeze frame - human embryo, the first 8 weeks - Brief Article - Illustration
• Explain this! - You Can Do It
• Longest-living mammals - Graph it! - human beings - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• Tease your brain - You Can Do It
• Pasta physics - best way to eat spaghetti not making a mess - Brief Article
• What is it? - You Can Do It
• Sparks fly - lightning research - Brief Article
• Sunken subways - Life/earth news - cars plunged into ocean waters, promote ecology - Brief Article
  by Mona Chiang
• Gross out? - You Can Do It - corpse flower - Brief Article
• Bug appetit! - Nutrition news - nearly 80 percent world population eats insects - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included
• The lighter side - You Can Do It - chocolate flavored lettuce - Brief Article
• Waste war? - Earth news - residents opposing radioactive waste dumping on Yucca Mountain, Nevada - Brief Article - Illustration
  by Nicole Dyer
• Coffee-can "Astronaut" - Hands-On Activity - heat experiment - Brief Article