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A New Way to Listen to Extinct Languages
By the Editor on February 19, 2013
Languages are like species. They evolve in mostly predictable ways, splitting into new species or dying out over time....
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How to Freak Out a Foodie
By the Editor on February 19, 2013
“Why hyperdecant?” Myhrvold asked the audience in a plenary lecture here on Saturday at the annual meeting of AAAS...
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Obama Seeking to Boost Study of Human Brain
By the Editor on February 19, 2013
The Obama administration is planning a decade-long scientific effort to examine the workings of the human brain and build...
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Dinosaur Extinction & Chicxulub Asteroid Impact Most Likely Coincided, Study Says
By the Editor on February 8, 2013
The idea that a cosmic impact ended the age of dinosaurs in what is now Mexico now has fresh...
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In Mysterious Pattern, Math and Nature Converge
By the Editor on February 8, 2013
In 1999, while sitting at a bus stop in Cuernavaca, Mexico, a Czech physicist named Petr Šeba noticed young...
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The Last Big Bump Before a Supernova Explodes
By the Editor on February 7, 2013
An automated supernova hunt is shedding new light on the death sequence of massive stars — specifically, the kind...
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Large Hadron Collider Is Set to Halt for Upgrades
By the Editor on February 7, 2013
With the discovery of the Higgs boson or something very like it under its belt, the world’s most powerful...
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Half-Million-Year-Old Human Jawbone Found
By the Editor on February 7, 2013
Scientists have unearthed a jawbone from an ancient human ancestor in a cave in Serbia. The jawbone, which may...
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Study Looks at Particles Used in Food
By the Editor on February 6, 2013
Nanomaterials, substances broken down by technology into molecule-size particles, are starting to enter the food chain through well-known food...
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Study Shows That Moles Can Smell In Stereo
By the Editor on February 6, 2013
We see in stereo — our eyes, both on the same plane, see at the same time. This helps...
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