Posts tagged with ‘BIG Questions’

  • Scientists Name New Species of Horned Dinosaur

    By on March 13, 2012

    Two new horned dinosaurs have been named based on fossils collected from Alberta, Canada. Unescopceratops koppelhusae and Gryphoceratops morrisoni...

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  • How to Be Creative

    By on March 12, 2012

    The science of creativity is relatively new. Until the Enlightenment, acts of imagination were always equated with higher powers....

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  • Algorithm Finds When a Zigzag Path Is Quickest

    By on March 12, 2012

    A zigzag path can be quicker than a straight line when travelling underwater, due to constantly changing currents that...

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  • Science, Faith, Politics … and Wolves

    By on March 12, 2012

    Once again, science, religion and politics have become entwined in a thorny public policy debate. This time, however, the...

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  • The ‘Most Important Questions’ in Science Policy

    By on March 12, 2012

    A series of bitter disagreements between scientists and policy-makers has prompted a group of researchers to create a list...

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  • Are Women Leaving Religion?

    By on March 12, 2012

    Both religion and conservative politicians are on the verge of losing the support of many of their constituents: women....

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  • Physics on the Fringe

    By on March 12, 2012

    For fifteen years, science writer Margaret Wertheim has been collecting alternative theories of the universe. Some are poems, others...

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  • GE Rejects Republicans’ Climate Change Doubts

    By on March 12, 2012

    General Electric has brushed aside the doubts leading Republican presidential contenders have raised about climate science. The U.S. industrial...

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  • Bee Who You Are

    By on March 12, 2012

    Honey bees drones actually have a large spectrum of personalities. Scientists found that some are homebodies, some are explorers,...

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  • Study Reveals Toxins Even in ‘Safer’ Products

    By on March 9, 2012

    Consumer products such as shampoos and sunscreens, even ones touted as safer, may contain potentially harmful chemicals not listed...

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