BIG Questions – Page 152

Newfound Super-Earth Planet Could Support Life
By the Editor on February 2, 2012
A potentially habitable alien planet — one that scientists say is the best candidate yet to harbor water, and...
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Brain Region Bigger in Popular People
By the Editor on February 2, 2012
An area of the brain associated with understanding the minds of others is larger in people who have bigger...
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DNA Turning Human Story Into a Tell-All
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
The tip of a girl’s 40,000-year-old pinky finger found in a cold Siberian cave, paired with faster and cheaper...
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The Joys of Quantum Entanglement
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
Quantum entanglement is such a mainstay of modern physics that it is worth reflecting on how long it took...
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Algorithm Reads Minds, Translates Brain Activity Into Words
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
Scientists have picked up fragments of people’s thoughts by decoding the brain activity caused by words that they hear....
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NASA Spots ‘Alien’ Matter From Beyond Solar System
By the Editor on February 1, 2012
For the very first time, a NASA spacecraft has detected matter from outside our solar system — material that...
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Where Do “Sacred” Values Live in the Brain?
By the Editor on January 31, 2012
For the research subjects’ sacred values, the ones they wouldn’t give up on for any amount of money (they...
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Are We Ready for a ‘Morality Pill’?
By the Editor on January 30, 2012
If continuing brain research does in fact show biochemical differences between the brains of those who help others and...
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The High Price of Long Life
By the Editor on January 30, 2012
Recent media stories suggest that anti-aging medicine may soon change from fantasy into a scientifically realistic prospect. If anti-aging...
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Remarkable Editorial Bias on Climate Science at the Wall Street Journal
By the Editor on January 30, 2012
The Wall Street Journal’s editorial board has long been understood to be not only antagonistic to the facts of...
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