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Quantum Connection Between Light and Motion
By the Editor on February 6, 2012
Physicists have demonstrated a system in which light is used to control the motion of an object that is...
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Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing U.N. Plot
By the Editor on February 6, 2012
Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state...
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Habitable Zones Around Alien Suns May Depend on Chemistry
By the Editor on February 6, 2012
Trace elements in stars may influence the evolution of habitable zones around them where life as we know it...
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David Christian Is Upbeat at Davos
By the Editor on February 6, 2012
There are many tribes at Davos: business leaders (who pay for the rest), journalists, politicians, representatives of NGOs, bankers...
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Football Has Been Shaped By the Military
By the Editor on February 5, 2012
The armed forces, according to recent research, played a major role in turning football from an elitist college sport...
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Is It Ethical to Own an iPhone?
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
Business ethics may trump social ethics, but individuals are struggling in the light of revelations of suicides and inhumane...
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Brains May Be Wired for Addiction
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
Abnormalities in the brain may make some people more likely to become drug addicts, according to scientists at the...
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Hurricane Allows Scientists to Watch Evolution in Action
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
A devastating hurricane has made it possible to test a rarely observed effect of evolution in the wild for...
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Low IQ and Conservative Beliefs Linked to Prejudice
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
There’s no gentle way to put it: People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb,...
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Path Is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer’s
By the Editor on February 3, 2012
Alzheimer’s disease seems to spread like an infection from brain cell to brain cell, two new studies in mice...
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