BIG Problems – Page 123

Electricity and Carbon Dioxide Used to Generate Alternative Fuel
By the Editor on April 2, 2012
Imagine being able to use electricity to power your car – even if it’s not an electric vehicle. Researchers...
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Bostrum: We’re Underestimating the Risk of Human Extinction
By the Editor on April 2, 2012
Unthinkable as it may be, humanity, every last person, could someday be wiped from the face of the Earth....
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PTSD Study Could Lead to New Therapies, Screenings
By the Editor on April 2, 2012
Why do some persons succumb to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) while others who suffered the same ordeal do not?...
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Human Engineering Could Fight Climate Change
By the Editor on March 31, 2012
So far, conventional solutions to global warming — new government policies and changes in individual behavior — haven’t delivered....
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Conservatives Losing Trust in Science
By the Editor on March 31, 2012
Politically conservative Americans have lost trust in science over the last 40 years while moderates and liberals have remained...
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For Science Ph.D.’s, There Is No One True Path
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
Last April the scientific journal Nature published a series of articles on the overproduction of Ph.D.’s in the sciences....
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Supreme Court: Human Genes Can’t Be Patented
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
In a closely watched case, the Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be...
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Nature Deficit Harming Children
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
British children are losing contact with nature at a “dramatic” rate, and their health and education are suffering, a...
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Living Micro-Robot Could Diagnose Disease
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
Biologists and engineers are working on a tiny robot that functions like a living creature and could be safely...
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Controversial Pesticide Linked to Bee Collapse
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
A controversial type of pesticide linked to declining global bee populations appears to scramble bees’ sense of direction, making...
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