BIG Questions – Page 123

Two Heads Are Indeed Better Than One
By the Editor on April 24, 2012
Confidence can boost or bust group decisions
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Swiss Unveil Mind-Controlled Robots
By the Editor on April 24, 2012
Swiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot using brain signals alone. The team...
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Steven Weinberg on the Crisis of Big Science
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
Big science is in competition for government funds, not only with manned space flight, and with various programs of...
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The Three Main Obstacles in the Way of Education Reform
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
Previous attempts to reform our education system in America have only piled more money on the heap of a...
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Sharp Rise in Retractions of Scientific Papers Is a Red Flag
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
Retractions of papers published in scientific journals are rising at an alarming rate, according to Dr. Ferric C. Fang...
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Climate Change Main Contributor to Volatility of Corn Prices
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
The impact of climate change on corn-price volatility outweighs movements caused by energy market policies and oil prices, according...
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Imitating Life
By Trevor Merrill on April 23, 2012
A review of "Mimesis and Science: Empirical Research on Imitation and the Mimetic Theory of Culture and Religion," edited...
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A Quixotic Quest to Mine Asteroids
By the Editor on April 23, 2012
A new company backed by two Google Inc. billionaires, film director James Cameron and other space exploration proponents is...
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Greening for God: Evangelicals Learn to Love Earth Day
By the Editor on April 21, 2012
While some of their leaders denounce environmentalism as pagan worship, others are adopting a distinctly Christian approach to "creation...
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A New Kind of Quantum Junction
By the Editor on April 21, 2012
A new type of quantum bit called a “phase-slip qubit,” devised by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute...
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