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Girls Do Have a Math Problem: Teacher Bias
By the Editor on April 10, 2012
Bias on the part of high school math teachers is hampering girls who want to study mathematics, an analysis...
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Social Rank Linked to Immunity
By the Editor on April 10, 2012
A study of rhesus macaque monkeys may have solved a long-standing puzzle on a link between social rank and...
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Is Corn Syrup Killing the Honeybees?
By the Editor on April 10, 2012
A trio of recent studies faults a common family of corn pesticides for disorienting honeybees, potentially leading to colony...
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Proposed Satellite Would Beam Solar Power to Earth
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
An energy-hungry Earth is in need of transformational and sustainable energy solutions. For decades, researchers have been appraising the...
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Why Our Brains Love Origins
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
We like to know where things come from. We like stories. We like nice tales. We need our myths,...
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Was Jesus Happy?
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
Was Jesus Happy? How you answer that question says a lot about the culture that influenced you most.
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Evolution at Sea: Phytoplankton Can Adapt to Ocean Acidification
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
Fossil fuel derived carbon dioxide has a serious impact on global climate but also a disturbing effect on the...
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For U.S. Science, A Crisis Looms
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
The United States is at risk of ceding its leadership in science, a number of physicists said, though there...
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Sun’s Sibling Stars Could Host Cousins of Earth Life
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
Some scientists are searching not just for any life out there in the universe, but for our distant relatives....
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The Risk of Forgoing Vaccines
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
Given the direct benefit to the individual of immunity against disease, vaccination, is not completely altruistic. However, immunization does...
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