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Is Science Past the Big Bang Already?
By the Editor on January 10, 2012
While we have a supremely accurate theory of what happened after our universe started in its super-hot, super-dense childhood,...
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Republicans Like Candidates Who Look Republican
By the Editor on January 10, 2012
While no scientifically proven criteria exists for what makes a politician look like a Republican, plenty of people seem...
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Ecologists Should Learn to Look on the Bright Side
By the Editor on January 10, 2012
Debates continue to wage between those who argue that doom needs to be leavened by hope and others who...
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Biggest Map Yet of Universe’s Invisible Dark Matter Unveiled
By the Editor on January 10, 2012
Scientists hope that by plotting out the distribution of dark matter throughout space, they will come closer to understanding...
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Dark Matter Mysteries
By the Editor on January 9, 2012
Deep underground, several experiments have been buzzing with possible sightings of dark matter, the hitherto invisible stuff that is...
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Physicist Writes How Universe Evolved From Nothing
By the Editor on January 9, 2012
In fall 2009, the theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss gave a talk about recent discoveries in cosmology that he...
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How the Unconscious Mind Boosts Creative Output
By the Editor on January 9, 2012
A study from the Netherlands finds allowing ideas to incubate in the back of the mind is, in a...
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The Next Ice Age and the Anthropocene
By the Editor on January 9, 2012
If you’ve wondered where to look for signs that Earth is entering a geological epoch of our own making,...
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Before DNA, Before RNA: Life in the Hodge-Podge World
By the Editor on January 9, 2012
Because RNA can do many things at once, those studying the origins of life have long thought that it...
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Why Science Is More Fragile Than Faith
By the Editor on January 9, 2012
We tend to see modernity in part as a triumph of science—an age when experimental discoveries and analysis have...
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