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World’s Oldest Temple May Have Been Cosmopolitan Center
By the Editor on March 16, 2012
Ancient blades made of volcanic rock that were discovered at what may be the world’s oldest temple suggest that...
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A Museum of Creatures Re-Engineered By Humans
By the Editor on March 16, 2012
Richard Pell, who teaches electronic media at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh has a new museum, the Center for...
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Telescopes Give Clues to Star Births
By the Editor on March 16, 2012
Astronomers using U.S. and European telescopes say they’ve obtained a first tantalizing look at a crucial early stage in...
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God and the New Physics
By the Editor on March 16, 2012
The enduring appeal of God and the New Physics is that is addresses the Big Question – not how,...
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Supersized Squid Eyes Likely Evolved to See Whales
By the Editor on March 16, 2012
A giant squid’s soccer ball-sized eyeballs are three times wider than any other animal’s, but explaining why has kept...
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Did Life on Earth Come From Mars?
By the Editor on March 15, 2012
Given the same raw materials, Mars would have been a better host for life to arise than Earth, which...
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The Evolution of the Moon in Three Minutes
By the Editor on March 15, 2012
In celebration of 1,000 days in orbit, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter team released two beautiful videos of our moon,...
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Worm Discovery Illuminates How Our Brains Might Have Evolved
By the Editor on March 15, 2012
Our earliest invertebrate ancestors did not have brains. Yet, over hundreds of millions of years, we and other vertebrates...
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Scientists Send Encoded Message Through Rock Via Neutrino Beam
By the Editor on March 15, 2012
Humankind is constantly inventing new ways to stay in touch. But in some situations it’s difficult to keep the...
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Science Follows Dark Path Trying to Explain the Observed Universe
By the Editor on March 15, 2012
What are the options when a scientist faces a problem with no obvious solution? That is the dilemma astronomers...
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