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Ultimate Guide to the Multiverse
By the Editor on November 28, 2011
Whether we are searching the cosmos or probing the subatomic realm, our most successful theories lead to the inescapable...
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Oracles Past and Present: Our Means of Managing Information
By the Editor on November 28, 2011
Our ability to find and share information today is potentially limitless. But how did we get here? From cave...
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Life Began With a Planetary Mega-Organism
By the Editor on November 28, 2011
Once upon a time, 3 billion years ago, there lived a single organism called LUCA. It was enormous: a...
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Why the Higgs Boson Matters
By the Editor on November 28, 2011
From afar it may seem entirely disconnected from the real world, but the Higgs boson is much more integral...
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Neutrinos and Multiverses: A New Cosmology Beckons
By the Editor on November 28, 2011
The existing edifice of physics, built upon the twin foundations of general relativity and quantum mechanics, is clearly in...
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Why Does Religion Keep Telling Us We’re Bad?
By the Editor on November 28, 2011
The main reason for Isaiah’s admonition to remember how we fall short, as for most Jewish and Christian moral...
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It’s Time Scientists Set an Example by Reducing Their Carbon Footprint
By the Editor on November 28, 2011
The carbon footprint of the science community is tiny by comparison with the rest of society. Yet changes will...
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How Much Will the Earth Warm Up?
By the Editor on November 25, 2011
Scientists say the Earth will warm in response to increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere, but since the...
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Good Science Always Has Political Ramifications
By the Editor on November 25, 2011
When speaking about science to scientists, there is one thing that can be said that will almost always raise...
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The Noble Gases Get to Work
By the Editor on November 25, 2011
Helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon and radioactive radon are odourless, tasteless, practically non-reactive wisps of unconnected atoms. In this...
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