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Mammals’ Rise Began Before Dinosaurs’ Fall
By the Editor on March 15, 2012
It was long believed that mammals began to diversify and flourish only after dinosaurs died out in the mass...
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Cause and Effect: Judea Pearl Wins Turing Prize
By the Editor on March 15, 2012
Humans have always made inferences about causes and effects, sometimes based on scanty information. Many machines do now, too,...
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Baby Brains May Be the Secret to Smarter Computers
By the Editor on March 14, 2012
Cognitive scientists hope to bottle up a baby’s brain — and the imagination and air of possibility that comes...
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Animal Import Bans ‘Choking Off’ Medical Research
By the Editor on March 14, 2012
Medical research in the U.K. is being jeopardized by activists who have persuaded transport companies to stop importing mice,...
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Possible New Human Species Unearthed in China
By the Editor on March 14, 2012
Scientists in China have found what may be a new species of human. Fossils show a group of people...
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Cumulative Cultural Development May Be Exclusively Human
By the Editor on March 14, 2012
Studies suggest that cumulative culture is unique to people, and that collaborative learning may be the key to human...
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Climate Change Beliefs Influenced By Recession
By the Editor on March 14, 2012
Americans are less likely to believe in man-made climate change as economic conditions get tougher, new research shows. Lyle...
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DNA Discovery Could Mean New Gene Therapies
By the Editor on March 14, 2012
Targeting “messenger RNAs” may correct mutations in human mitochondrial DNA, experts at UCLA say. Currently, there is no way...
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New Debris-Tracking ‘Space Fence’ Passes Key Test
By the Editor on March 14, 2012
A prototype “space fence” designed to track Earth’s burgeoning orbital debris population passed a key test recently, locking onto...
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Scientists To Clone Woolly Mammoth
By the Editor on March 13, 2012
Russian and South Korea scientists have teamed up to recreate a woolly mammoth – a prehistoric creature that last...
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