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Researchers Reverse Evolution in Water Striders
The males of many species impress potential mates with brilliant plumage, massive antlers, or expensive cars. Water striders, however,...
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Plant Diversity is Key to Productive Vegetation
Vegetation, such as a patch of prairie or a forest stand, is more productive in the long run when...
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Keeping an Eye on Earth Is Getting Harder
The ability of U.S. scientists to monitor changes in the planet’s climate, natural hazards, and land surface continues to...
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Research Censorship Called Problematic
The editor of the world-leading scientific journal Nature says current procedures to assess and censor medical research potentially of...
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Plant Study Flags Dangers of Warming World
Plants flowering 8.5 times faster than predicted; changes have knock-on effect for food chain, ecosystems
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Can Atheist Billboards Kill Religion?
This spring, billboards sprouted across the country like cranky, God-hating daffodils. They proclaimed the bad news that God does...
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South Korea Steps Up Stem-Cell Work
The South Korean health ministry announced that research into stem cells and regenerative medicine will receive a funding boost...
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Is Global Warming Driven By Economic Growth?
To slow climate change the world will either have to put the brakes on economic growth or change the...
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The Limits of Using Science to Explain Morality
Grand theories of social evolution have, in the past, proved to be useless as guides to events, but that...
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Global Biodiversity Panel Launched
A global science assessment panel for biodiversity, modelled on the International Panel on Climate Change, was launched in Panama...