BIG Problems – Page 41

What’s a Lake Doing in the Middle of the Desert?
By the Editor on October 30, 2012
One place you don’t expect to see waves lapping against the shore is in the middle of a desert....
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Mass Extinction Study Provides Lessons for Modern World
By the Editor on October 30, 2012
The Cretaceous Period of Earth history ended with a mass extinction that wiped out numerous species, most famously the...
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New Study Sheds Light on How and When Vision Evolved
By the Editor on October 30, 2012
Opsins, the light-sensitive proteins key to vision, may have evolved earlier and undergone fewer genetic changes than previously believed,...
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Green Roofs Will Be Worth $7 Billion By 2017
By the Editor on October 30, 2012
This just in — green roofs and walls are big business.   Or they will be, at least, by 2017,...
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It May Be Too Late to Stop Global Warming
By the Editor on October 29, 2012
Here’s a dark secret about the earth’s changing climate that many scientists believe, but few seem eager to discuss:...
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Boeing Engineers to Develop Rocket to Take Humans to Mars
By the Editor on October 29, 2012
After having launched the space rover Curiosity to Mars, researchers at NASA are now planning to send people to...
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What Is Climate Silence Costing Us?
By the Editor on October 29, 2012
How is the absence of discussion about global warming going to affect our ability to do something about it?...
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Commemorating International Religious Freedom Day
By the Editor on October 29, 2012
Katrina Lantos Swett contributes a post for On Faith’s Guest Voices: Across the globe, religion and belief continue to...
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World’s Most Powerful Laser Beams to Zap Nuclear Waste
By the Editor on October 29, 2012
The European Union will spend about 700 million euros ($900 million) to build the world’s most powerful lasers, technology...
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Primates’ Brains Make Visual Maps Using Triangular Grids
By the Editor on October 29, 2012
Primates’ brains see the world through triangular grids, according to a new study published online in the journal Nature....
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