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Memristors and the Computer Brain
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
Scientists working with electrical components called memristors have found that the components function similarly to brain cells and so...
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Sound
By Varadaraja Raman on March 6, 2012
First, what is there in the external world that strikes us as sound? Second, what is happening in the...
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Does College Make Us More Liberal and Less Religious?
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
Does attending college actually make you more liberal and less religious? Research indicates that the answer is: not so...
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Behold the Cheetah Robot. The Singularity Is Nigh!
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
Big defense budgets during the aughts financed the deployment of thousands of robots, including unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles,...
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Alien Invaders Threaten Antarctic Fringes
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
The fringes of Antarctica are being invaded by alien plants and tiny animals, scientists have found. Researchers scoured the...
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Wind-Power Market Blows Cold
By the Editor on March 6, 2012
The climate is getting worse for wind-power companies, which are finding it increasingly difficult to attract venture backers. Investment...
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100,000 AD: Living in the Deep Future
By the Editor on March 5, 2012
It’s fashionable to be pessimistic about our prospects, yet our species may very well endure for at least 100,000...
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Dark-Matter Behavior Puzzles Astronomers
By the Editor on March 5, 2012
Astronomers have spotted what appears to be a core of dark matter left behind from a wreck between massive...
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Why Our Culture Is in Our Genes
By the Editor on March 5, 2012
Scientists have long gotten used to the idea that bodies are just genes’ ways of making more genes, survival...
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Is Scientific Evidence Modern-Day Scripture?
By Michael Dowd on March 5, 2012
We are in the early stages of what I think historians will one day call religion's "Evidential Reformation."
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