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Will Computers Ever Know Everything?
By the Editor on April 13, 2012
An essay in Science magazine by Andrew Hodges, the dean of Wadham College at Oxford University, suggests that Alan...
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Pulsing Stars Could Probe Space-Time Around Black Holes
By the Editor on April 13, 2012
If a pulsing star exists near the center of our Milky Way galaxy, where a giant black hole is...
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Friskier Frogs Have Faster-Changing Genomes
By the Editor on April 13, 2012
Physically fit frogs have faster-changing genomes, according to a study of poison frogs from Central and South America. Stretches...
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Did Worry and Intelligence Co-Evolve?
By the Editor on April 13, 2012
Worrying is a beneficial trait that evolved in association with intelligence, according to a new study published in a...
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‘Time Machine’ Allows Scientists to Study Early Universe
By the Editor on April 13, 2012
A new scientific instrument, a “time machine” of sorts, built by UCLA astronomers and colleagues, will allow scientists to...
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Astronauts Blast NASA Global Warming Stance
By the Editor on April 13, 2012
A group of 49 former NASA scientists and astronauts believes NASA is playing fast and loose with climate change...
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Of Toddlers, Chimps and Orangutans
By the Editor on April 13, 2012
Chimps and toddlers rely on the “wisdom of the crowd” to sway their decision-making processes, new research published in...
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A Gun in Hand Makes a Man Look Taller
By the Editor on April 13, 2012
In a study of how people assess danger, participants who looked at photos of hands holding different objects thought...
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Physicists Possibly Discover New Type of Particle
By the Editor on April 12, 2012
In 1937, after the rise of quantum mechanics, Ettore Majorana, an Italian theoretical physicist, realized that the new physics...
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Baboons Can Recognize Words
By the Editor on April 12, 2012
Baboons can learn to tell the difference between real four-letter words and nonsense combinations of letters. And once they...
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