BIG Problems – Page 79

Africa and Europe Should Rethink Scientific Collaboration
By the Editor on July 23, 2012
European science cooperation with Africa needs redefining, as it is failing to address wide-ranging needs and challenges experienced by...
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A New “Master Teacher Corps”?
By the Editor on July 21, 2012
President Obama has proposed spending $1 billion to fund a “Master Teacher Corps” initiative, which would reward top-performing educators...
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BP Oil Spill May Have Contributed to Dolphin Deaths
By the Editor on July 21, 2012
The 2010 BP oil spill contributed to an unusually high death rate for dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico,...
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Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue to Rise
By the Editor on July 21, 2012
International talks to address human-caused global warming began 20 years ago in Rio de Janeiro. But despite attempts to...
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Researchers Produce First Complete Computer Model of an Organism
By the Editor on July 21, 2012
A mammoth effort has produced a complete computational model of the bacterium Mycoplasma genitalium, opening the door for biological...
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Dreaming of a World With No Intellectuals
By the Editor on July 20, 2012
Are conservative intellectuals anti-intellectual? The short answer must be no. Edmund Burke, Leo Strauss, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Harvey Mansfield, Wilfred...
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Generation X Lukewarm on Global Warming
By the Editor on July 20, 2012
Gen Xers are surprisingly blasé about climate change. A survey in 2009 found members of Generation X were largely...
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Future of Liberal Religion: A Counterculture Blooms?
By the Editor on July 19, 2012
Amid a cascade of comment on the decline of mainline Protestantism, an historian argues that a great progressive tradition...
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Neanderthals Had Knowledge of Plants’ Healing Qualities
By the Editor on July 19, 2012
An international team of researchers has provided the first molecular evidence that Neanderthals not only ate a range of...
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A Way to Trap Carbon Deep in the Ocean
By the Editor on July 19, 2012
After an eight-year analysis, an international team of scientists has announced a breakthrough in the understanding of how algae...
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