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Like a Tree, Growth Rings Show Lobster Age
By the Editor on November 30, 2012
For the first time, scientists have figured out how to determine the age of a lobster — by counting...
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Scientists Discover Frozen Organic Material on Mercury
By the Editor on November 29, 2012
Messenger spacecraft finds substances similar to tar or coal in craters on planet nearest sun
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Human Evolution Enters Exciting New Phase
By the Editor on November 29, 2012
If you could escape the human time scale for a moment, and regard evolution from the perspective of deep...
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The Brain Chemistry of Social and Sexual Monogamy
By the Editor on November 29, 2012
It’s true that the successful may indeed be more likely to commit adultery, but not for the reasons usually...
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Collective Intelligence: A Dialogue With Thomas W. Malone
By the Editor on November 29, 2012
As all the people and computers on our planet get more and more closely connected, it’s becoming increasingly useful...
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Laws Governing Brain Development May Also Control Growth of Universe
By the Editor on November 29, 2012
The universe is neither a computer nor a brain, but there are surprisingly similar laws to rule them all....
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Gargantuan Black Hole Baffles Scientists
By the Editor on November 29, 2012
A hunt for supermassive black holes reveals a monstrous one at the heart of galaxy NGC 1277, which may...
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NASA Pours Cold Water on Doomsday Prophecy
By the Editor on November 29, 2012
Quashing the ‘doomsday’ rumors, top NASA scientists have assured that the world won’t end on December 21, 2012. “The...
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A World Without History
By the Editor on November 28, 2012
According to Aristotelian philosophy, earth was eternal, a world without history and with no end. Only with the advent...
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Cracked Wheat: Scientists Make Inroads Into Wheat Genome
By the Editor on November 28, 2012
A consortium of scientists announced they had made major progress in deciphering the genome of bread wheat, a vital...
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