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Orangutans Harbor Ancient Primate Alu
By the Editor on April 30, 2012
Alu elements infiltrated the ancestral primate genome about 65 million years ago. Once gained an Alu element is rarely...
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Concrete Plans Curb Creativity
By the Editor on April 30, 2012
Concrete Plans Curb Creativity: Planning ahead might make us overlook new solutions
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Wikipedia and the Shifting Definition of ‘Expert’
By the Editor on April 28, 2012
How do we judge whether a person knows what he or she is talking about? How do we gauge...
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Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief
By the Editor on April 28, 2012
A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers....
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Dark Matter May Be Colliding With Atoms Inside You Right Now
By the Editor on April 27, 2012
Invisible dark matter particles may regularly pass through our bodies, and dozens to thousands of these particles may be...
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Climate Science Needs Greater Social Science Input
By the Editor on April 27, 2012
Climate researchers pay too little attention to social sciences, the executive director of the Bolivian Mountain Institute told delegates...
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European Migration Spread Farming, DNA Suggests
By the Editor on April 27, 2012
Thousands of years ago, farming spread across Europe and replaced the hunter-gatherer lifestyle of early inhabitants. Now a study...
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GPS Brain Cells Seen in Pigeons
By the Editor on April 27, 2012
Researchers have spotted a group of 53 cells within pigeons’ brains that respond to the direction and strength of...
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White House Promotes a Bioeconomy
By the Editor on April 26, 2012
The Obama administration announced a broad plan to foster development of the nation’s “bioeconomy,” including the use of renewable...
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Controversial Research: Good Science Bad Science
By the Editor on April 26, 2012
It sounds like a great idea: experimentally mutate a rare but deadly virus so that scientists can do a...
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