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Belief in Evolution Boils Down to a Gut Feeling
By the Editor on January 23, 2012
Intuitive reasoning may help explain why some people are more accepting of evolution than others.
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Comet’s Fiery Plunge May Tell Us How Planets Form
By the Editor on January 23, 2012
For the first time, scientists have caught a glimpse of a comet's final minutes before it was vaporized by...
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Birth Control Ruling Upsets Religious Groups
By the Editor on January 21, 2012
In a long-anticipated decision that will affect millions of women’s ability to pay for contraception, the Obama administration announced...
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Controversial Killer Flu Research Paused
By the Editor on January 21, 2012
Researchers developing extra-contagious strains of H5N1 avian influenza have agreed to pause their work for 60 days. The moratorium...
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New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many
By the Editor on January 20, 2012
Proposed changes in the definition of autism would sharply reduce the skyrocketing rate at which the disorder is diagnosed...
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Fracking Would Emit Large Quantities of Greenhouse Gases
By the Editor on January 20, 2012
Add methane emissions to the growing list of environmental risks posed by fracking. Opposition to the hydraulic fracturing of...
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Leap Second Receives Last-Minute Reprieve
By the Editor on January 20, 2012
The leap second may live on for at least another three years. Once or twice a year, the leap...
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Quantum Computing Could Head to ‘the Cloud’
By the Editor on January 20, 2012
The search for the perfect alliance between science and technology has married quantum computing to the future of IT...
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Seaweed May Be Our Energy Future
By the Editor on January 19, 2012
Scientists in a cluttered Berkeley laboratory are working a bit of biochemical wizardry to transform ordinary seaweed into biofuels...
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Why Does Our Universe Have Three Dimensions?
By the Editor on January 19, 2012
Why does our universe look the way it does? In particular, why do we only experience three spatial dimensions...
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