BIG Questions – Page 132

On Free Will, the Singularity and the Quest to Crack Consciousness
By the Editor on April 2, 2012
From John Horgan’s Cross-Check blog at SciAm: A professor at Caltech, Christof Koch helped popularize consciousness as a topic for...
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Human Engineering Could Fight Climate Change
By the Editor on March 31, 2012
So far, conventional solutions to global warming — new government policies and changes in individual behavior — haven’t delivered....
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Conservatives Losing Trust in Science
By the Editor on March 31, 2012
Politically conservative Americans have lost trust in science over the last 40 years while moderates and liberals have remained...
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For Science Ph.D.’s, There Is No One True Path
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
Last April the scientific journal Nature published a series of articles on the overproduction of Ph.D.’s in the sciences....
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Life’s Building Blocks Grow Close to Home
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
Though life is a complicated brew, some of its ingredients can be plucked from Earth’s backyard instead of being...
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Supreme Court: Human Genes Can’t Be Patented
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
In a closely watched case, the Supreme Court threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be...
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Nature Deficit Harming Children
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
British children are losing contact with nature at a “dramatic” rate, and their health and education are suffering, a...
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Human Brain Organized Like a 3D ‘New York City’ Grid
By the Editor on March 30, 2012
The human brain has been described as “the most complex object in the known universe”, comprising tens of billions...
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Dalai Lama Wins Templeton Prize
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
The Dalai Lama has won the Templeton Prize for exceptional contributions to affirming life’s spiritual dimension by spreading his...
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What Science Wants to Know
By the Editor on March 29, 2012
Ignorance will always grow faster than knowledge. Scientists and laypeople alike would agree that for all we have come...
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