BIG Problems – Page 85

Rights to Resources
By the Editor on July 6, 2012
Two safeguards for communities’ rights to resources can help implement the Nagoya Protocol, argues biodiversity specialist Krystyna Swiderska. As...
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How Cooperation Trumps Competition in Monkeys
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
Being the top dog – or, in this case, the top gelada monkey – is even better if the...
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Has Higher Education Become an Engine of Inequality?
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
Inequality is growing in the United States, and social mobility is slowing. A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts...
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Giant Filament of Dark Matter Connects Galaxy Clusters
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
A giant string of invisible dark matter has been discovered across the universe between a pair of galaxy clusters....
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Nine Percent of Today’s Warming Caused By Preindustrial People
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
Humans started causing climate change long before the Industrial Revolution and the beginning of the fossil fuel era. A...
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Examining Alternative Medicines
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
As nonconventional medical treatments become increasingly mainstream, we take a look at the science behind some of the most...
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Health Apps Bump Up Against FDA
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
Health apps are hot, but until now the field has been unregulated. It is hard to know which apps...
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A Closer Look at the Higgs Boson
By the Editor on July 4, 2012
Scientists working at the world’s biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle...
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“It’s a Boson:” Higgs Quest Bears New Particle
By the Editor on July 4, 2012
Scientists at Europe’s CERN research centre have found a new subatomic particle, a basic building block of the universe,...
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Hubble Telescope Sees Celestial Fireworks for Fourth of July
By the Editor on July 4, 2012
A spectacular new picture from the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic fireworks display in deep space: a...
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