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...Lane, reading signs is common sense. Thicker than normal fur on wild animals is a dead giveaway that cold weather is coming. Rings around the moon mean rain or snow is on the way soon. "Nature has a way of taking care of her own," says Lane. "If you pay attention, then you know what you need...
Some of Lane's signs have a sound scientific basis. Rings around the moon, for example, are usually caused by thin layers of cirrostratus clouds, which often precede storm fronts. But biologists scoff at the notion that the color of caterpillars (which merely signify different species) or where hornets' nests are can tell you anything about the weather. "It's not that we don't take her seriously," says Mike Murphy of the National Weather Service in Nashville. "It's just not the way we approach the science...
Every so often, before Election Day or a moon landing or the crowning of someone as the new King, we know in advance when history will be made, and so we set the table, bring out the good silver, choose our words a bit more carefully, because the moment is one for the record. It was in honor of that prospect that the tourists lined up in the rain outside the Capitol last Thursday morning, to win a place in the gallery where they could watch the House take up the issue that it has entertained only twice before...
...think that people at Harvard are really goal-oriented and don't have time for relationships," says Moon...
Torres, who was diagnosed with Juvenille Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of two, was interested in science from childhood, asking her parents questions ranging from how joints in her knees worked to why the moon shined...