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How Quantum Physicists Amplify Randomness
Once again quantum physics gives us philosophical implications: physicists showed how a small amount of randomness can be amplified...
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Hidden Fingerprint of Weapons-Grade Plutonium Finally Found
After 50 years of searching, physicists have spotted the fingerprint of radioactive plutonium, revealing the secrets of this complex...
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Eat, Pray, Kill: The Basic Brutality of Eating
Is there an ethical argument in favor of flesh consumption? That is, can a meat-eating human find solid moral...
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Pollution in Thunderclouds Increases Global Warming
Pollution is leading thunderstorm clouds to capture heat, increasing global warming in a way that climate models have failed...
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Study Links Military Vets With Brain Disease Found in Athletes
A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers —...
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Global Body Seeks Unified Approach to Assessing Science
The leaders of about 50 national research agencies in both the developed and developing worlds have announced the establishment...
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Slow-Motion Microbes Still Living Off Dinosaur-Era “Lunch Box”
Unidentified life-forms "breach the limits of life as we know it."
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Stanford Scientists Document Fragile Land-Sea Ecological Chain
Douglas McCauley and Paul DeSalles did not set out to discover one of the longest ecological interaction chains ever...
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Many Rare Mutations May Underpin Diseases
The task of finding the genetic roots of common disease seems much harder, dimming the promise of personal genomics...
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Astrophysicists Observe How Black Holes Are Fueled
By combining the light of three powerful infrared telescopes, an international research team has observed the active accretion phase...