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Evolution and Our Inner Conflict
By the Editor on June 26, 2012
E.O. Wilson reflects on evolution and the human condition over at the New York Times blog The Stone: Are...
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Would Finding ET Shatter Religious Beliefs?
By the Editor on June 26, 2012
The discovery of life beyond Earth would shake up our view of humanity’s place in the universe, but it...
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Scientists Are Scared of Math Too
By the Editor on June 26, 2012
It’s not just artistic types that find math a turn-off and try to avoid having to deal with it...
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EEG Brain Trace ‘Can Detect Autism’
By the Editor on June 26, 2012
A simple brain trace can identify autism in children as young as two years old, scientists believe. A U.S....
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Possible Alien Message to Get Reply from Humanity
By the Editor on June 26, 2012
The Wow! signal, a mysterious radio transmission detected in 1977 that may or may not have come from extraterrestrials,...
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Complex Thinking Goes Beyond Primates
By the Editor on June 26, 2012
It’s not just man’s closer primate relatives that exhibit brain power. Dolphins, dogs and elephants are teaching us a...
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Text Mining Medicine
By the Editor on June 26, 2012
Researchers should scour historic medical archives to discover knowledge that could inform today’s biomedical research and clinical practice.
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Agent Higgs Game Turns Real Particle Hunt on its Head
By the Editor on June 26, 2012
As the world waits for the next installment of news in the hunt for the Higgs boson, a simple...
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Beyond Rio: Pursuing ‘Ecological Citizenship’
By the Editor on June 25, 2012
Andrew Revkin reflects on the end of the “Rio+20” United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in his Dot Earth...
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U.K. Farmers Adapt to Climate Change
By the Editor on June 25, 2012
Farmers, used to betting on the weather, are changing their tactics to cope with changes in the rules of...
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