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Swiss Unveil Mind-Controlled Robots
By the Editor on April 24, 2012
Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot using brain signals alone. The team...
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Huge Water Resource Exists Under Africa
By the Editor on April 24, 2012
Scientists say the notoriously dry continent of Africa is sitting on a vast reservoir of groundwater. They argue that...
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Steven Weinberg on the Crisis of Big Science
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
Big science is in competition for government funds, not only with manned space flight, and with various programs of...
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Eating Meat Helped Early Humans Reproduce, Population Spread
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
If early humans had been vegans we might all still be living in caves, Swedish researchers suggested in an...
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The Three Main Obstacles in the Way of Education Reform
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
Previous attempts to reform our education system in America have only piled more money on the heap of a...
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Sharp Rise in Retractions of Scientific Papers Is a Red Flag
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
Retractions of papers published in scientific journals are rising at an alarming rate, according to Dr. Ferric C. Fang...
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Climate Change Main Contributor to Volatility of Corn Prices
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
The impact of climate change on corn-price volatility outweighs movements caused by energy market policies and oil prices, according...
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Miniature Honeycomb Grows Nerve
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
A “miniature honeycomb” – or scaffold – could one day be used to encourage damaged nerves to grow and...
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Arctic Methane Leaks Threaten Climate
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
As Arctic sea ice breaks apart, massive amounts of methane could be released into the atmosphere from the cold...
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A Quixotic Quest to Mine Asteroids
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
A new company backed by two Google Inc. billionaires, film director James Cameron and other space exploration proponents is...
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