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Disease-Fighting Secrets of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
By the Editor on February 21, 2012
Insects cover our planet. Filed into 750,000 different species, at any given time there are one million trillion bugs...
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The Origin of Photosynthesis Revealed
By the Editor on February 21, 2012
Atmospheric oxygen really took off on our planet about 2.4 billion years ago during the Great Oxygenation Event. At...
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You Can’t Do the Math Without the Words
By the Editor on February 21, 2012
Most people learn to count when they are children. Yet surprisingly, not all languages have words for numbers. A...
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Newton’s Theological Texts Digitized
By the Editor on February 20, 2012
Considered to be one of the greatest scientists of all time, Sir Isaac Newton was also an influential theologian...
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Scientists Prove Turing’s Tiger Stripe Theory
By the Editor on February 20, 2012
Researchers from King’s College London have provided the first experimental evidence confirming a great British mathematician’s theory of how...
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DARPA Wants Real-Life Avatars For Soldiers
By the Editor on February 20, 2012
DARPA has funds set aside in its budget for 2012 that will pour $7 million into a plan that...
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Transistor Made Using a Single Atom
By the Editor on February 20, 2012
Scientists have taken a first early step toward escaping the limits of a technological principle called Moore’s Law by...
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Was Stonehenege Built For the Sound Effects?
By the Editor on February 18, 2012
The origins of Stonehenge have long baffled historians - was it intended as a monument for the dead, a...
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Building Blocks of Early Earth Survived Collision That Created Moon
By the Editor on February 18, 2012
Unexpected new findings by a University of Maryland team of geochemists show that some portions of the Earth’s mantle...
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How the First Plant Came to Be
By the Editor on February 18, 2012
Earth is the planet of the plants—and it all can be traced back to one green cell. The world’s...
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