BIG Problems – Page 103

Human Conflict: Winning the Peace
By the Editor on May 23, 2012
In a special issue on human conflict, Science Magazine considers the deep evolutionary roots of violent confrontation – tracing...
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Believers Leave Punishment to Powerful God
By the Editor on May 23, 2012
Believing in an involved, morally active God makes people less likely to punish others for rule-breaking, new research finds....
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More Than 1 Billion People at Risk for Lack of Clean Water
By the Editor on May 23, 2012
This spring the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrated the early completion the 2015 development goal of bringing improved drinking...
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Streetlights Are Changing Our Ecology
By the Editor on May 23, 2012
Street lighting is changing bug communities and that is affecting everything from the songs birds sing to the makeup...
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Climate Change Miscues May Shrink Species’ Outer Limits
By the Editor on May 22, 2012
Throughout the world, climate change is causing age-old ecological partners to miss their cues as seasons shift. The trend...
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What Baboons Can Teach Us About Social Status
By the Editor on May 22, 2012
A new study by University of Notre Dame biologist Beth Archie and colleagues from Princeton and Duke Universities finds...
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Happy Birthday, Electron
By the Editor on May 22, 2012
Electrons rule our world, but not so long ago they were only an idea. May marks the 120th anniversary...
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Rewritable Memory Encoded Into DNA
By the Editor on May 22, 2012
Researchers have encoded a form of rewritable memory into DNA. The arduous work involved in building the system is...
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Private Space Travel: A New Era Begins?
By the Editor on May 22, 2012
Some NASA supporters are mourning what they see as the decline of U.S. leadership in space. But they should...
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Toxic Mercury Accumulates in Arctic
By the Editor on May 22, 2012
Both atmospheric forces and the flow of circumpolar rivers carry mercury, a toxic element, north into the Arctic Ocean...
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