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The Science of Warp
By the Editor on December 12, 2011
In their new book, Time Travel and Warp Drives, Tufts physics professor Allen Everett and University of Central Connecticut...
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The Big Debate Over the  Oldest Life on Earth
By the Editor on December 9, 2011
Oxford paleontologist Martin Brasier asserts that his fossilized cells are the remains of primitive anaerobic bacteria that lived 3.4...
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What If There Is No Higgs Boson?
By the Editor on December 9, 2011
The Large Hadron Collider finally has enough data to explore every nook and cranny where the elusive Higgs boson...
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Universal Alignment
By the Editor on December 9, 2011
The universe has no center and no edge, no special regions tucked in among the galaxies and light. No...
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Disease Outbreaks Predicted by Monitoring Cities from Space
By the Editor on December 9, 2011
The bright lights of a big city, as seen from space, may predict outbreaks of some diseases, such as...
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More Evidence Found for Quantum Physics in Photosynthesis
By the Editor on December 8, 2011
Physicists have found the strongest evidence yet of quantum effects fueling photosynthesis. Multiple experiments in recent years have suggested...
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Global Warming, Climate Change and Sustainability
By the Editor on December 7, 2011
The International Society for Science & Religion recently posted a long essay by Sir John Houghton on "Global Warming,...
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David Gelernter: Seer of the Mirror World
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
David Gelernter, a pioneering computer scientist, foresaw the modern internet but thinks computers are still too hard to use
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How to Dispel Your Illusions
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
Freeman Dyson reviews Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking Fast and Slow (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux).
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The Power of Nothing
By the Editor on December 6, 2011
Could studying the placebo effect change the way we think about medicine?
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