Posts tagged with ‘BIG Problems’

  • Will Computers Ever Know Everything?

    By on April 13, 2012

    An essay in Science magazine by Andrew Hodges, the dean of Wadham College at Oxford University, suggests that Alan...

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  • Friskier Frogs Have Faster-Changing Genomes

    By on April 13, 2012

    Physically fit frogs have faster-changing genomes, according to a study of poison frogs from Central and South America. Stretches...

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  • Did Worry and Intelligence Co-Evolve?

    By on April 13, 2012

    Worrying is a beneficial trait that evolved in association with intelligence, according to a new study published in a...

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  • Astronauts Blast NASA Global Warming Stance

    By on April 13, 2012

    A group of 49 former NASA scientists and astronauts believes NASA is playing fast and loose with climate change...

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  • Of Toddlers, Chimps and Orangutans

    By on April 13, 2012

    Chimps and toddlers rely on the “wisdom of the crowd” to sway their decision-making processes, new research published in...

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  • A Gun in Hand Makes a Man Look Taller

    By on April 13, 2012

    In a study of how people assess danger, participants who looked at photos of hands holding different objects thought...

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  • Baboons Can Recognize Words

    By on April 12, 2012

    Baboons can learn to tell the difference between real four-letter words and nonsense combinations of letters. And once they...

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  • Digital Textbooks Will Change the Way Students Learn

    By on April 12, 2012

    Science can advance quickly, rendering existing textbooks obsolete. Now new digital textbooks are emerging intended to better engage students...

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  • What Triggers a Mass Extinction?

    By on April 12, 2012

    The second-largest mass extinction in Earth’s history coincided with a short but intense ice age during which enormous glaciers...

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  • Scientists Build First Working Quantum Network

    By on April 12, 2012

    Scientists at the Quantum Dynamics division of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Germany announced that they...

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