... anti-gay crimes The occurrence of racial/ethnic offenses declined during the 1990s, while religious and anti-gay offenses held steady Many, perhaps most, of these incidents were spur -of -the- moment ... On the other hand, cold-dark-matter theories have trouble explaining the inferred number of satellite mergers, the shape of stellar streams and the rate of disk formation Whatever the fate of ... through the weathering of rocks and soils, it’s SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN JUNE 2001 Copyright 2001 Scientific American, Inc KEVIN HORAN Stone THE MYSTERIOUS most famously by the pair of elderly aunts in the...