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Hurricane Allows Scientists to Watch Evolution in Action
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
A devastating hurricane has made it possible to test a rarely observed effect of evolution in the wild for...
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Supreme Court Rules Religion Is Special … This Time
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
Is religion special? In its decision on Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. E.E.O.C., the Supreme Court indicates...
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Low IQ and Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb,...
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Path Is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer’s
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice...
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Obama Administration Challenges Schools to Embrace Digital Textbooks
By the Editor on February 2, 2012
Are hardbound textbooks going the way of slide rules and typewriters in schools? Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Federal...
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Does Sending Food Aid to Struggling Nations Do More Harm Than Good?
By the Editor on February 2, 2012
In a study just released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, economists Nathan Nunn and Nancy Qian find...
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Newfound Super-Earth Planet Could Support Life
By the Editor on February 2, 2012
A potentially habitable alien planet — one that scientists say is the best candidate yet to harbor water, and...
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Brain Region Bigger in Popular People
By the Editor on February 2, 2012
An area of the brain associated with understanding the minds of others is larger in people who have bigger...
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Early Plants Linked to Ancient Ice Ages
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
The first plants to appear on earth 470 million years ago triggered a series of ice ages by causing...
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DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
The tip of a girl’s 40,000-year-old pinky finger found in a cold Siberian cave, paired with faster and cheaper...
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