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Are Women Leaving Religion?
By the Editor on March 12, 2012
Both religion and conservative politicians are on the verge of losing the support of many of their constituents: women....
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Physics on the Fringe
By the Editor on March 12, 2012
For fifteen years, science writer Margaret Wertheim has been collecting alternative theories of the universe. Some are poems, others...
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GE Rejects Republicans’ Climate Change Doubts
By the Editor on March 12, 2012
General Electric has brushed aside the doubts leading Republican presidential contenders have raised about climate science. The U.S. industrial...
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Bee Who You Are
By the Editor on March 12, 2012
Honey bees drones actually have a large spectrum of personalities. Scientists found that some are homebodies, some are explorers,...
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Why Are Religious Beliefs Off Limits?
By the Editor on March 10, 2012
At the Huffington Post, Lawrence M. Krauss ponders the place of a candidate’s religious views in the public sphere:...
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Neutrinos Could Help Explain Missing Antimatter
By the Editor on March 10, 2012
Neutrinos produced by a nuclear reactor in China are changing from one flavour to another more rapidly than expected....
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Study Reveals Toxins Even in ‘Safer’ Products
By the Editor on March 9, 2012
Consumer products such as shampoos and sunscreens, even ones touted as safer, may contain potentially harmful chemicals not listed...
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Pacific Nation May Move Entire Population to Fiji
By the Editor on March 9, 2012
Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual...
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Plant Movement From Climate Change Revealed in Interactive Map
By the Editor on March 9, 2012
Nationwide, gardeners have been experimenting with their newly assigned plant hardiness zones, a guide provided by the USDA that...
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Miller v. Shermer: Debating the Compatibility of Science and Religion
By the Editor on March 9, 2012
Do you believe in God? Or do you put your faith in science? Some argue that it has to...
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