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Countdown to the Man-Made Apocalypse
Created in 1947, the doomsday clock graphically reflects how close humanity might be to human-induced apocalypse, in terms of...
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World’s Oldest Temple May Have Been Cosmopolitan Center
Ancient blades made of volcanic rock that were discovered at what may be the world’s oldest temple suggest that...
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Telescopes Give Clues to Star Births
Astronomers using U.S. and European telescopes say they’ve obtained a first tantalizing look at a crucial early stage in...
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God and the New Physics
The enduring appeal of God and the New Physics is that is addresses the Big Question – not how,...
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Supersized Squid Eyes Likely Evolved to See Whales
A giant squid’s soccer ball-sized eyeballs are three times wider than any other animal’s, but explaining why has kept...
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Worm Discovery Illuminates How Our Brains Might Have Evolved
Our earliest invertebrate ancestors did not have brains. Yet, over hundreds of millions of years, we and other vertebrates...
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Scientists Send Encoded Message Through Rock Via Neutrino Beam
Humankind is constantly inventing new ways to stay in touch. But in some situations it’s difficult to keep the...
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Science Follows Dark Path Trying to Explain the Observed Universe
What are the options when a scientist faces a problem with no obvious solution? That is the dilemma astronomers...
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Cause and Effect: Judea Pearl Wins Turing Prize
Humans have always made inferences about causes and effects, sometimes based on scanty information. Many machines do now, too,...
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Baby Brains May Be the Secret to Smarter Computers
Cognitive scientists hope to bottle up a baby’s brain — and the imagination and air of possibility that comes...