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A Neuroscientist’s Quest to Reverse Engineer the Human Brain
By the Editor on March 21, 2012
M.I.T. scientist Sebastian Seung describes the audacious plan to find the connectome--a map of every single neuron in the...
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Sea-Level Rise Will Cost $2 Trillion
By the Editor on March 21, 2012
As the seas rise, so will the costs associated with them. The impact of climate change on oceans alone...
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Noise Pollution Affects Plants, Too
By the Editor on March 21, 2012
Facing an ever-increasing din of background noise from traffic and other human activities, many animals are adapting by changing...
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NASA: We Have Discovered the Secrets of the Supernova
By the Editor on March 21, 2012
Officials at the U.S. space agency NASA say they uncovered the secrets of the supernova. New data from the...
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Illegal Logging May Be Worth Billions
By the Editor on March 21, 2012
Illegal logging generates $10-15 billion around the world, according to new analysis from the World Bank. Its report, Justice...
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Without Gods: Alain de Botton’s ‘Religion for Atheists’
By the Editor on March 20, 2012
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, religion lost influence, but the religious impulse lingered on. Some people sought...
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Dark Energy and the Joy of Being Wrong
By the Editor on March 20, 2012
From Adam Frank at 13:7: Sometimes nature just throws you a loop. All your carefully laid plans, all your exquisite...
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Better Hydrogen Storage Process Unveiled
By the Editor on March 20, 2012
The dream of using hydrogen gas as a clean fuel, on a large scale, just got a little bit...
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Insight Into a Shocking Therapy for Depression
By the Editor on March 20, 2012
Since the 1930s, doctors have been jolting the brains of depressed patients with electricity to relieve their symptoms. The...
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Satellites Expose Ancient Civilizations
By the Editor on March 20, 2012
Archaeologists develop large-scale method to identify ancient human settlements.
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