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The Salvation of Extraterrestrials
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
Some years ago a group of scientists produced an exercise in probability: the Drake equation. It looks at the...
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Americans’ Confidence in the Church at All-Time Low
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
Americans’ confidence in organized religion is at its lowest in more than three decades, with just 44% having a...
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Chimps Use Human-Like Gestures to Communicate
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
Wild chimpanzees communicate using similar gestures to humans, according to a Stirling researcher. Anna Roberts said she had identified...
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Loner Galaxy Is Seed of Giant Black Hole
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
Unsociable galaxies are unusual. Astronomers think that galaxies grow from scraggly clusters of stars to elegant spirals like the...
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Biased Observers of Nature
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
Scientists are not robots recording events using mechanically objective methods. Like all human beings, scientists have biases. Indeed, the...
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UK Research Funders Announce Liberated Open Access Policy
By the Editor on July 16, 2012
From April 2013, science papers must be made free to access within six months of publication if they come...
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Steven Weinberg: Why the Higgs Boson Matters
By the Editor on July 14, 2012
The announcement that the “Higgs boson” had been discovered at the CERN laboratory in Geneva made news around the...
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Lemurs Sliding Towards Extinction
By the Editor on July 14, 2012
A new survey shows lemurs are far more threatened than previously thought. A group of specialists is in Madagascar...
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God Particle Discovery Reignites Science and Religion Debate
By the Editor on July 13, 2012
The Higgs boson is perhaps better known by its sexier nickname: the “God particle.” But in fact, many scientists,...
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Women in Science in Developing Countries Still Face Barriers
By the Editor on July 13, 2012
In many cases in the developing world, red tape and lack of funding ensure that the best projects go...
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