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How Paintballs Could Save Earth From Giant Asteroid Impact
An epic battle between paintballs and a giant asteroid could one day save the Earth from an apocalyptic space...
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Technology Close to Cracking Oldest Undeciphered Writing System
Scientists from the University of Oxford and the University of Southampton have created a technique called reflectance transformation imaging...
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Remembering Paul Kurtz
Herb Silverman for On Faith’s Guest Voices, reflecting on the life and contributions of Paul Kurtz, who died October...
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Thawing Permafrost Could Release 850 Billion Tons of Carbon
As much as 44 billion tons of nitrogen and 850 billion tons of carbon stored in arctic permafrost, or...
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Far From Random, Evolution Follows a Predictable Genetic Pattern
Evolution, often perceived as a series of random changes, might in fact be driven by a simple and repeated...
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Climate Change May Alter Amphibian Evolution
Most of the more than 6,000 species of frogs in the world lay their eggs in water. But many...
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Early Human ‘Lucy’ Swung From the Trees
Despite the ability to walk upright, early relatives of humanity represented by the famed “Lucy” fossil likely spent much...
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Dinosaur Feathers Evolved for Courtship
Research suggests that not only did wings evolve in dinosaurs earlier than previously thought, they may have evolved merely...
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How the “Spiritual Not Religious” Gospel Has Spread
You can call them “unaffiliated,” as in a recent Pew poll, or “nones”—or even just “not very religious.” A...
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Novel Gene Therapy Method Replaces Mitochondrial DNA
Scientists have demonstrated a new type of gene therapy that would – in principle – allow mothers to avoid...