Metanexus Editors – Page 220

Early Plants Linked to Ancient Ice Ages
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
The first plants to appear on earth 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages by causing...
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DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
The tip of a girl’s 40,000-year-old pinky finger found in a cold Siberian cave, paired with faster and cheaper...
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The Joys of Quantum Entanglement
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
Quantum entanglement is such a mainstay of modern physics that it is worth reflecting on how long it took...
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Algorithm Reads Minds, Translates Brain Activity Into Words
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
Scientists have picked up fragments of people’s thoughts by decoding the brain activity caused by words that they hear....
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NASA Spots ‘Alien’ Matter From Beyond Solar System
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
For the very first time, a NASA spacecraft has detected matter from outside our solar system — material that...
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Science as the Art of “Ought Management”
By Jeremy Sherman on February 1, 2012
The core insight behind science goes something like this: To get what you want, set aside what you want...
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It’s Not What You Think It Is
By Lorenzo Sironi on January 31, 2012
The origin of high-energy particles in astrophysics is still a mystery. Annihilation of magnetic field lines of opposite orientation,...
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Where Do “Sacred” Values Live in the Brain?
By the Editor on January 31, 2012
For the research subjects’ sacred values, the ones they wouldn’t give up on for any amount of money (they...
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U.N. Reports World Lacks Enough Food, Fuel as Population Soars
By the Editor on January 31, 2012
As the world’s population looks set to grow to nearly 9 billion by 2040 from 7 billion now, and...
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Are We Ready for a ‘Morality Pill’?
By the Editor on January 30, 2012
If continuing brain research does in fact show biochemical differences between the brains of those who help others and...
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