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Turtle Study Shows Dark Side of Human Nature
Clemson University student Nathan Weaver set out to determine how to help turtles cross the road. He ended up...
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Will the First True ‘Alien Earth’ Be Found in 2013?
The first truly Earth-like alien planet is likely to be spotted next year, an epic discovery that would cause...
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The Multibillion-Dollar Threat to Research Universities
With each day, the so-called fiscal cliff looms larger as Congress and President Obama work to come to agreement...
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Ancient Temple, Ritual Figurines Found in Israel
Just outside of Jerusalem, archaeologists have discovered a cache of vessels and figurines inside a 2,750-year-old temple that could...
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Monkey Brain Area Keeps Count of Kindnesses
The primates have an altruistic 'tally chart' that keeps track of social rewards and gifts.
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New Form of Quantum Computation Will Challenge Ordinary Computers
You’ve heard the hype a hundred times: Physicists hope to someday build a whiz-bang quantum computer that can solve...
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Theory That Music Is Uniquely Human Is for the Birds
A bird listening to birdsong may experience some of the same emotions as a human listening to music, suggests...
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A God-Free Response to Mass Murder
To be sure, there were calls in the days after the mass murder in Newtown for a deep and...
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Should We Expect Other Earth-like Planets at All?
This year has been a spectacular one for exoplanets. New discoveries and new insights have truly pushed the gateway...
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Fighting Poverty By Giving Poor People Money
From Mattew Yglesias and the Slate MoneyBox blog: There’s more to life than just this, but I’ve come to think that...