Articles written by Mike Perricone
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The Joe Leaphorn Mysteries, by Tony Hillerman
Murder and mayhem join with ghosts and witchcraft to challenge Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police across immense, arid Reservation land in the American Southwest.
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Sci-Fi Doomsday Movies Thrive on Pseudo-Science
Some basic science goes a long way in science fiction movies, but science has to run amok to provide a decent doomsday scenario.
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The Jim Chee Mysteries, by Tony Hillerman
The Navajo Tribal Policeman Jim Chee faces a constant clash between investigating crimes and trying to live "The Navajo Way."
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Atomic Awakening, By James Mahaffey
Nuclear energy is an idea whose time has come again. Or has it? Veteran nuclear researcher James Mahaffey makes the case for an atomic solution to energy concerns.
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Once a Runner, By John L. Parker, Jr.
A former track star offers a novel with unique insights into the over-the edge mind and body experiences of exhaustive training and the peak experience of the race.
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Miss Leavitt's Stars, by George Johnson
An unsung heroine of astronomy finally receives well-deserved credit for her tireless work and momentous results.
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Crooked, by Fran Zimniuch
Cheating in sports is as old as sports, but using performance-enhancing drugs like steroids can tragically up the ante.
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Lone Questioners of the Universe
Before "industrialized" science, scientists worked on their own to pose questions to the universe, and they persisted until the universe gave them an answer.
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Einstein's Errors Were in a Class by Themselves
Physics professor and author Hans Ohanian says Einstein's work was fraught with errors in the details, but his thinking was still decades ahead of all his contemporaries.
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Study Says Climate Change Impacting US Midwest
U.S. Global Change Research Program shows evaporation is dominating other effects of higher temperatures, challenging the future of a huge fresh-water supply.
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Supreme Court Justice Pursues Active Liberty
In "Active Liberty," Justice Stephen Breyer contrasts the "modern" liberty of freedom from government, with the "ancient/active" liberty to participate in government.
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Bad Policies Characterize The Age of Oil
The fear of oil shortages has afflicted the West with crises of its own making, but Leonardo Maugeri analyzes the wrong future with little focus on global warming.
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Pro Hockey Hopes Lockout Made it Recession-Proof
The National Hockey League made history in 2004-2005 as the first league to cancel an entire season in a labor dispute. The gamble is paying off in hard economic times.
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Energy Security Critical for National Security
Saying "climate change doesn't wait," Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson hopes a new administration in Washington can avoid the repeated advances and retreats on energy policy.
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Unique Voices Laud American Earth
In "American Earth: Environmental Writing Since Thoreau" editor Bill McKibben combines the familiar with the unfamiliar to arouse inspiration, awe, alarm and sadness.
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Tevatron Racing LHC to the Finish
Fermilab's Tevatron is trying to make more scientific news before Europe's huge Large Hadron Collider completes repairs and begins operations again in the Spring of 2009.
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New President Cannot Fear Physics
From terrorism to space exploration, from global warming to energy policy, the nation's new Chief Executive must know the science behind the headlines in every crisis.
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