BIG Problems – Page 146

Republicans Like Candidates Who Look Republican
By the Editor on January 10, 2012
While no scientifically proven criteria exists for what makes a politician look like a Republican, plenty of people seem...
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Ecologists Should Learn to Look on the Bright Side
By the Editor on January 10, 2012
Debates continue to wage between those who argue that doom needs to be leavened by hope and others who...
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The Next Ice Age and the Anthropocene
By the Editor on January 9, 2012
If you’ve wondered where to look for signs that Earth is entering a geological epoch of our own making,...
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Why Science Is More Fragile Than Faith
By the Editor on January 9, 2012
We tend to see modernity in part as a triumph of science—an age when experimental discoveries and analysis have...
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At 70, Hawking Defies Disease
By the Editor on January 6, 2012
British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left...
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Extinction Rate Likely Higher Than Predicted
By the Editor on January 6, 2012
As climate change progresses, the planet may lose more plant and animal species than predicted, a new modeling study...
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The Race to Document Biodiversity
By the Editor on January 6, 2012
The most extraordinary aspect of biodiversity is the way in which every living thing on earth, everything that has...
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Can Frankenfood Save the Planet?
By the Editor on January 5, 2012
Dutch biologist Mark Post is pretty confident that he can put a lab-grown hamburger on your plate by the...
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Climate Change Concern Cools in UK
By the Editor on January 5, 2012
Over the past decade, as news on the looming threat from global warming has continued unabated and become increasingly...
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The God Effect: Ambition Drops With Temptation
By the Editor on January 5, 2012
God references slipped into tests decreased student’s belief that they controlled their own destiny, researchers report, but made them...
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