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Pulsar Heavyweight Champ Challenges Einstein
By the Editor on May 16, 2012
The densest objects in the universe have a new heavyweight champion: a pulsar so small that it could nearly...
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Gene Therapy Extends Mouse Life By 24 Percent
By the Editor on May 16, 2012
A new study consisting of inducing cells to express telomerase, the enzyme which, metaphorically, slows down the biological clock,...
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Should We Build a Real-Life Starship Enterprise and Fly it to Mars?
By the Editor on May 16, 2012
In Star Trek lore, the first Starship Enterprise will be built by the year 2245. But today, an engineer...
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Messages From the Early Universe
By the Editor on May 16, 2012
Messages from the early Universe: Bright and brief, γ-ray bursts hold clues to cosmic history.
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A Mathematical Challenge to Obesity
By the Editor on May 16, 2012
Carson C. Chow deploys mathematics to solve the everyday problems of real life. As an investigator at the National...
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Do Psychedelics Expand the Mind by Reducing Brain Activity?
By the Editor on May 16, 2012
New evidence suggests drugs like LSD open the doors of perception by inhibiting parts of the brain
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“Map of Life” Shows the Location of All Organisms, Large and Small
By the Editor on May 16, 2012
Ever wonder exactly where grizzly bears live on this continent? Or where you might find Myotis lucifungus, the fuzzy,...
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A Boost for Quantum Reality
By the Editor on May 15, 2012
A boost for quantum reality: Theorists claim they can prove that wavefunctions are real states.
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Earliest Wall Art Is Found in France
By the Editor on May 15, 2012
A massive block of limestone in France contains what scientists believe are the earliest known engravings of wall art...
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Microscopic Neighbors, Evolving Together
By the Editor on May 15, 2012
It seems obvious that how different living things in a community or ecological system bump up against one another...
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