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DARPA to Put Laser Turrets on Fighter Jets Next Year
By the Editor on January 24, 2013
Our first foray into laser-equipped combat aircraft was the Airborne Laser Testbed, a Boeing 747 with a gigantic chemically-pumped...
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Supergiant Star Betelgeuse to Crash Into Interstellar ‘Wall’
By the Editor on January 24, 2013
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse in the famed constellation Orion is on a collision course with a strange wall...
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Dung Beetles Use Milky Way as GPS
By the Editor on January 24, 2013
Birds and humans use stars to navigate, but can insects map their routes? For dung beetles, a new study...
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Social Evolution: The Ritual Animal
By the Editor on January 24, 2013
Praying, fighting, dancing, chanting — human rituals could illuminate the growth of community and the origins of civilization.
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The Shrinking Proton: Particle Is Smaller Than Thought
By the Editor on January 24, 2013
How many protons can dance on the head of a pin? The answer is nowhere near as straightforward as...
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Feathered Dinosaur Gives Evolution Clues
By the Editor on January 24, 2013
A feathered dinosaur fossil about 12 inches long is older than bird-like dinosaurs from which birds are thought to...
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Robot Makers Spread Global Gospel of Automation
By the Editor on January 24, 2013
The robot equipment industry has one word for the alarmist articles and television news programs that predict a robot...
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Shakespeare, Thou Art Stored in DNA
By the Editor on January 23, 2013
The stuff we’re made of may be the means by which we store information that we want kept around...
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Magnetic ‘Braids’ May Cook the Sun’s Corona
By the Editor on January 23, 2013
Scientists have long puzzled over why the surface of the sun is cooler than its corona, the outer hazy...
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Learning to Love Grains, Potatoes Was Key to Evolution of Dogs
By the Editor on January 23, 2013
You know that dog biscuit shaped like a bone but made mostly of wheat? The fact that your dog...
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