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George Soros on the Coming U.S. Class War
By the Editor on January 26, 2012
George Soros believes it’s time to stave off disaster. As he sees it, the world faces one of the...
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Panel Urges Review of Nanotechnology Risks
By the Editor on January 26, 2012
Tiny substances called nanomaterials have moved into the marketplace over the last decade, in products as varied as cosmetics,...
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Scientists Cloak 3-D Objects
By the Editor on January 26, 2012
After five years of steady progress, scientists are now edging closer and closer to mastering real-world invisibility. While researchers...
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Hadzas Shed Light on Ancient Social Networks
By the Editor on January 26, 2012
The Hadza, who live primitively in Tanzania, have social networks similar to modern ones. People prefer the company of...
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Genes May Influence Criminal Behavior
By the Editor on January 25, 2012
Your genes could be a strong predictor of whether you stray into a life of crime, according to a...
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In SOTU, Obama Makes Pitch for Economic Fairness
By the Editor on January 25, 2012
President Obama pledged in the State of the Union address to use government power to balance the scale between...
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Barley Adapts to Climate Change
By the Editor on January 25, 2012
The upsurge in droughts is one of the main consequences of climate change, and affects crops in particular. However,...
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‘Starbursts’ and Black Holes Lead to Biggest Galaxies
By the Editor on January 25, 2012
Frenetic star-forming activity in the early Universe is linked to the most massive galaxies in today’s cosmos, new research...
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Chief Rabbi Upholds Role of Science
By the Editor on January 25, 2012
Lord Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth, says science and religion can mix, and he has set...
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Mathematics Confirm Chaos of Spanish Labor Market
By the Editor on January 25, 2012
Unemployment time series in Spain behave in a chaotic way according to a study at the University of Seville....
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