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Particle Physics and the Flavor of the Day
Fundamental particles are the building blocks of matter, and, apparently, come in many more flavors than the basic few...
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Race and Religion at the Ballot Box
The color of a candidate’s skin failed to sway voters to depress the lever for either Obama or McCain...
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Can Economy Bear What Oil Prices Have in Store?
Stop wrangling over global warming and instead reduce fossil-fuel use for the sake of the global economy. That’s the...
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Viruses Evolve in Real Time
Charles Darwin recognized that natural selection can make eyes sharper, muscles stronger, and fur thicker. But evolution does more...
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Do STEM Faculties Want Undegraduates To Study STEM Fields?
Kay Steiger and Scott Zeger talk about ways college professors could make introductory science classes less off-putting and encourage...
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George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War
George Soros believes it’s time to stave off disaster. As he sees it, the world faces one of the...
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Panel Urges Review of Nanotechnology Risks
Tiny substances called nanomaterials have moved into the marketplace over the last decade, in products as varied as cosmetics,...
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Scientists Cloak 3-D Objects
After five years of steady progress, scientists are now edging closer and closer to mastering real-world invisibility. While researchers...
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Hadzas Shed Light on Ancient Social Networks
The Hadza, who live primitively in Tanzania, have social networks similar to modern ones. People prefer the company of...
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Genes May Influence Criminal Behavior
Your genes could be a strong predictor of whether you stray into a life of crime, according to a...