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Why Corruption Is Normal
New research shows that anyone can be corrupted at the drop of a hat. Indeed, when looked at in...
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Searching for the Origins of Life … and Our Future
People have been asking questions like “How did we get here?” and “Are we alone?” since the time of...
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Why Science Majors Change Their Minds (It’s Just So Darn Hard)
Studies have found that roughly 40 percent of students planning engineering and science majors end up switching to other...
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Genes of Extinct Ancestor Survive in Modern Humans
“We haven’t been a very exclusive species, with a very narrow origin,” said Martin Jacobsson. Interbreeding with other members...
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Brian Greene Explains “The Fabric Of The Cosmos”
In a new four-part television special based on his best-selling book, physicist Brian Greene takes on the nature of...
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Big Ideas From Small Places
Parag Khanna and David Skilling: Global governance doesn’t suffer for lack of competitive groups and agendas, but there is...
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Talking Their Way Out of a Population Crisis
In many parts of Africa, people already scramble to obtain food, land, and water, and discontent provides fertile ground...
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What Story Does Earth’s Life Tell About ET?
How easy is it to create life? It happened here at least once. Does that give scientists studying the...
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Asteroid Could Yield Clues About Formation of Earth
Emily Baldwin, deputy editor of Astronomy Now magazine, said the asteroid, which is known as 2005 YU55, posed no threat....
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Decoding the Brain’s Cacophony
Professor of psychology Michael Gazzaniga is spelling out a cautionary tale about the uses of neuroscience in society.