January edition
01.01 Darwin's 200th Birthday! 01.02 Dark Matter, the Ruler of the Universe 01.03 The Mystery of Pollen 01.04 The Great, Great Physicist Isaac Newton 01.05 Know Thy Brain 01.06 Is 0.999... 1? 01.08 Clay Dolls and Cells 01.09 In Search of the God Particle 01.10 Astronomers' Sense of Naming Nebulae 01.12 Saliva, the First Gateway to Digestion 01.15 The Science of Ripe Kimchi 01.16 Dark Energy, the True Ruler of the Universe 01.17 The Mystery of Kirlian Photography 01.19 Pig Roundworm, Human Roundworm 01.20 Why is 1+1 2? 01.21 A Star That Brightens the Darkness of the Universe 01.23 The LHC That Will Strike the God Particle 01.26 A Young Brain Leads to Longevity 01.27 Why Is There No Eastern Mathematics? 01.30 Entropy, the Directional System of Change

February edition
02.02 The preciousness of the tongue 02.03 Neither Stendhal nor Pascal knew.
Why is (-1) × (-1) = 1? 02.05 Why cows get fat 02.06 The basis of the world, the standard model 02.07 The power of infrared rays that pierce the darkness 02.09 This is what splits food 02.10 Very hard numbers, prime numbers 02.11 Where stars are born 02.13 The tragedy brought about by atomic theory 02.16 Neurotransmitters, messengers in the brain 02.17 Achilles and the tortoise 02.19 Melanin, the UV-protecting shield 02.20 Higgs, the mass-granting agent 02.23 Curing allergies with parasites 02.24 The names of large numbers 02.26 Wintering of tree frogs 02.27 The subtle relationship between electrons and light 02.28 The invisible world of light outside the purple color

March edition
03.02 Mummies and Parasites 03.03 Why You Can't Divide by Zero 03.04 The Soaring Death of a Star 03.06 The Secret of Superconductivity 03.09 Is a Genius and a Madman Just One Molecule Apart? 03.13 Those Who Split the Atom 03.14 Mercury, Venus, Earth, Fire, Wood, Sat, and Heaven 03.16 Esophageal Transit Time: 9 Seconds 03.17 What is 0 to the Power of 0? 03.18 The Beautiful Death of a Small Star 03.19 Symbiosis of Clams and Fish 03.20 Nature's Bliss and Unhappiness? The Difficulties of the Standard Model 03.23 Menopause Remedies, Hormone Replacement Therapy 03.24 How to Read Small Numbers 03.27 Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity 03.30 Let's Know and Teach the Brain 03.31 What is the Volume of a Pyramid?

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2009 was the International Year of Astronomy, celebrating the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescopic astronomical observations, the 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species." This year, a monumental year of scientific revolution, heated up the world of science reading, and Naver's Today's Science content contributed to this science culture boom and attracted the attention of netizens.
It was evaluated as a hot topic content in 2009.

The recently published first volume of 『Science Today』 is a compilation of excerpts from manuscripts serialized from January to March, covering this topical topic.
The manuscripts serialized from April to December are scheduled to be published sequentially in four volumes.
You can vividly read about the various aspects of modern science, as well as the passion of researchers in the field of science, from the grand discourses of natural science such as Darwin's theory of natural selection that explains the evolution of life and the human mind, Einstein's theory of relativity that uncovers the fundamental structure of all things in the world, and the standard model of particle physics, to the introduction of mathematical principles that explain why -1 × -1 = 1, and even small but exciting topics such as the daily lives of our ancestors as seen in parasites discovered in Joseon Dynasty mummies.



Korea's top scientists will help you overcome your science phobia!
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