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Long Space Missions May Harm Astronauts’ Eyes
By the Editor on March 13, 2012
Extended space travel can cause eye and brain abnormalities in astronauts, researchers have found. For the study, published online...
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If Cutting Carbon Emissions Isn’t Working, What’s Next?
By the Editor on March 13, 2012
What if it is too late to save the climate by cutting greenhouse gas emissions? What if the amount...
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Single Gene May Drive Men’s Aggressive Stress Response
By the Editor on March 13, 2012
When men get stressed, their bodies get more revved up than women’s. Now, two Australian researchers have a theory...
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Brain-Machine Interfaces in Fact and Fiction
By the Editor on March 13, 2012
Use your brain to control the world. That’s the promise of the brain-machine interface, a system that directly translates...
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Europe’s Water Resources Under Pressure
By the Editor on March 13, 2012
Continued inefficient use of water could threaten Europe’s economy, productivity and ecosystems, a report has warned. The European Environment...
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Scientists Name New Species of Horned Dinosaur
By the Editor on March 13, 2012
Two new horned dinosaurs have been named based on fossils collected from Alberta, Canada. Unescopceratops koppelhusae and Gryphoceratops morrisoni...
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How to Be Creative
By the Editor on March 12, 2012
The science of creativity is relatively new. Until the Enlightenment, acts of imagination were always equated with higher powers....
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Algorithm Finds When a Zigzag Path Is Quickest
By the Editor on March 12, 2012
A zigzag path can be quicker than a straight line when travelling underwater, due to constantly changing currents that...
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Science, Faith, Politics … and Wolves
By the Editor on March 12, 2012
Once again, science, religion and politics have become entwined in a thorny public policy debate. This time, however, the...
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The ‘Most Important Questions’ in Science Policy
By the Editor on March 12, 2012
A series of bitter disagreements between scientists and policy-makers has prompted a group of researchers to create a list...
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