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Friday’s 5.07 billion Australian dollar (US$5.3 billion) ports deal has set several milestones.

Today is the 148th anniversary of the death of Abraham Lincoln. As all the world knows by now, he was assassinated by the actor John Wilkes Booth, who was shot to death by federal troops Since then Booth has in the popular mind become the template for the crazed lone assassin. In fact, Booth was not the only assassin at work that night. Only a few minutes after Lincoln was shot at Ford’s theater, Lewis Powell, and David Herold, arrived at the home of Secretary of State William Seward, who was in line after the Vice President to succeed Lincoln.

Welcome to Double X Science for April 12, 2013. This week's host is Adrienne Roehrich, chemistry editor. We have a double length podcast for you this week. Instead of 2 co-hosts, we have a single host, but discussions with three of the editors at Double X Science about their posts of the week. Our topics cover posts of the week, including McConnell and mental illness and our regular I Am Mental Illness series. Our featured discussion covered Does Penis Size Matter?, Yvonne Brill: she made the satellite revolution possible... Читать дальше...