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What a Conspiracy Theorist Believes
On a four-point scale, from one (strongly disagree) to four (strongly agree), please rate the following statements: “The Apollo...
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Report Calls for Broad Changes in Science Education
Worried that public schools are failing to prepare students for a complex and changing world, educators unveiled new guidelines...
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Exploring the Space of Human Interaction
In the book Theoretical Morphology, George McGhee examines why living things look the way they do. He explores the...
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Will we ever communicate telepathically?
In a lab at Harvard Medical School, a man is using his mind to wag a rat’s tail. To...
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Asteroid May Become Moon for Earth’s Moon
So far our galactic adventures have included landing men on the moon, taking pretty pictures of Saturn, and roaming...
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Use for 3-D Printers: Creating Internal Blood Vessels for Kidneys, Livers, Other Large Organs
The audiences at TED talks are used to being wowed as they learn about advances in technology. Even by...
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I do not fear death
Roger Ebert was always a great friend of Salon’s. We’re deeply saddened by reports of his death, and are...
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The Great Fall: World Population to Stop Growing in 2050
Global population data spanning the years from 1900 to 2010 have enabled a research team from the Autonomous University...
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Steamrolled by Big Data
Five years ago, few people had heard the phrase “Big Data.” Now, it’s hard to go an hour without...
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NASA’s Warp Drive
Last September, a few hundred scientists, engineers and space enthusiasts gathered at the Hyatt Hotel in downtown Houston for...