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Disease Outbreaks Predicted by Monitoring Cities from Space
By the Editor on December 9, 2011
The bright lights of a big city, as seen from space, may predict outbreaks of some diseases, such as...
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More Evidence Found for Quantum Physics in Photosynthesis
By the Editor on December 8, 2011
Physicists have found the strongest evidence yet of quantum effects fueling photosynthesis. Multiple experiments in recent years have suggested...
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Debating Time
By the Editor on December 7, 2011
Julian Barbour and Tim Maudlin argue their opposite positions at the Foundational Questions Institute's setting Time Aright conference.
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David Gelernter: Seer of the Mirror World
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
David Gelernter, a pioneering computer scientist, foresaw the modern internet but thinks computers are still too hard to use
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How to Dispel Your Illusions
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
Freeman Dyson reviews Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux).
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The Power of Nothing
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
Could studying the placebo effect change the way we think about medicine?
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No Death, No Taxes
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
The libertarian futurism of Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel.
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New York’s Maker Faire: More Than Just Digital Quilting
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
Technology and society: The “maker” movement could change how science is taught and boost innovation. It may even herald...
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Seasteading: Cities on the Ocean
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
Seasteading: Libertarians dream of creating self-ruling floating cities. But can the many obstacles, not least the engineering ones, be...
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The Evolved Self-Management System
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
If placebo medicine can induce people to release hidden healing resources, are there other ways in which the cultural...
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