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Unusual Quantum Effect Discovered in Photosynthesis
By the Editor on May 28, 2012
Quantum physics and plant biology seem like two branches of science that could not be more different, but surprisingly...
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Shifting Trade Routes May Have Been Root Cause of Mayan Decline
By the Editor on May 28, 2012
The end of the classic Mayan civilization in the lowlands of Mesoamerica was likely expedited by shifting trade routes...
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What-If and What-Is: The Role of Speculation in Science
By the Editor on May 28, 2012
Speculation is an essential part of science, but how does it fit in? Two recent publications, both about the...
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Cloaking Idea Traps a Rainbow
By the Editor on May 26, 2012
Researchers have trapped a rainbow – slowing light to a near-stop – in an array of 25,000 “invisibility cloaks”,...
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American Physics Dreams Deferred
By the Editor on May 25, 2012
When three American astronomers won the Nobel Prize in Physics last year, for discovering that the expansion of the...
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‘Tractor Beams’ of Light Pull Small Objects Towards Them
By the Editor on May 25, 2012
‘Tractor beams’ of light that pull objects towards them are no longer science fiction. Haifeng Wang at the A*STAR...
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How the Transit of Venus Opened the Planet to Our Forefathers
By the Editor on May 25, 2012
It’s called the transit of Venus. The planet will appear as little dark circle on the sun as it...
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Climate Pact Process Stumbles as Countries Bicker
By the Editor on May 25, 2012
Less than six months after the world agreed to craft a new climate pact by 2015, negotiations stumbled at...
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World’s Oldest Musical Instruments Found in German Cave
By the Editor on May 25, 2012
Researchers have identified what they say are the oldest musical instruments in the world. The flutes, made from bird...
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Organic Molecules Do Have Martian Origins
By the Editor on May 24, 2012
Organic molecules — compounds that on Earth can be linked with life — encased within Martian meteorites now reveal...
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