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Seismic Activity Bolsters Hope For Life on Mars
By the Editor on February 24, 2012
If seismic activity on Mars is recent, and it can be traced to a volcano, it could mean that...
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The History of the Universe: From Big Bang to Big Blah
By the Editor on February 24, 2012
After the furies of birth, the mature cosmos now evolves more slowly. Stars will continue to form for as...
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Were the Mayans Done in By Drought?
By the Editor on February 24, 2012
For more than 500 years, the Maya kings ruled the New World’s richest and most advanced civilization. But then,...
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Climate Change Drove Evolution of Earliest Horses
By the Editor on February 24, 2012
Back in the day of the first mammals, horses started out the size of house cats, weighing about 8...
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Neutrinos May Still Have Broken Light Barrier – Or Not
By the Editor on February 23, 2012
Neutrinos which appeared to have undermined a basic law of the universe by exceeding the speed of light might...
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Protein Linked to Longevity in Mammals
By the Editor on February 23, 2012
At last, a member of the celebrated sirtuin family of proteins has been shown to extend lifespan in mammals...
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New Uncertainty About the Uncertainty Principle
By the Editor on February 23, 2012
The Heisenberg uncertainty principle is often invoked outside the realm of physics to describe how the act of observing...
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Increasingly, Children’s Books Are Where the Wild Things Aren’t
By the Editor on February 23, 2012
A new study has found that over the last several decades, nature has increasingly taken a back seat in...
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Male Y Chromosome Extinction Theory Challenged
By the Editor on February 23, 2012
Men may not become extinct after all, according to a new study. Previous research has suggested the Y sex...
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Cosmic Hurricane: Black Hole Has 20 Million MPH Winds
By the Editor on February 23, 2012
Scientists have measured the fastest winds yet observed from a stellar-mass black hole, shedding light on the behavior of...
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