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Did Mayas Use 2,500-Year-Old Chocolate as Condiment or Beverage?
By the Editor on August 2, 2012
Archaeologists say they have found traces of 2,500-year-old chocolate on a plate in the Yucatan peninsula, the first time...
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Is the Natural Gas Industry Buying Academics?
By the Editor on August 1, 2012
Recently, the University of Texas provost announced he would reexamine a report by a UT professor that said fracking...
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Higgs Boson Results From LHC ‘Get Even Stronger’
By the Editor on August 1, 2012
The Higgs boson-like particle whose discovery was announced on 4 July looks significantly more certain to exist. The particle...
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Want to Live on Mars? Here’s Your Chance
By the Editor on July 31, 2012
Just as NASA’s latest rover prepares to land on the surface of Mars, one Dutch company is looking to...
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Why Are Secular Businesses Claiming Religious Rights?
By the Editor on July 31, 2012
A new federal court ruling represents an ominous legal trend: Religious freedom is morphing into religious power
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Israel to End Draft Exemptions for Ultra-Orthodox
By the Editor on July 31, 2012
In an step that could intensify a major rift among Israelis, the defense minister ordered the army to prepare...
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Seal Flu Virus Concerns Scientists
By the Editor on July 31, 2012
Scientists have identified a new strain of influenza in harbor seals that could potentially impact human and animal health....
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Modern Culture May Have Emerged 30,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
By the Editor on July 31, 2012
Poisoned-tipped arrows and jewelry made of ostrich egg beads found in South Africa show modern culture may have emerged...
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Century of Drought May Be Ahead
By the Editor on July 30, 2012
A drought that gripped western North America from 2000 to 2004 was the worst since the Middle Ages, but...
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Is Algebra Necessary?
By the Editor on July 30, 2012
A typical American school day finds some six million high school students and two million college freshmen struggling with...
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