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New Chemical Reaction May Explain Star Formation, Evolution, Death
University of North Dakota scientist Mark Hoffmann’s version of Star Search goes a long way — a very long...
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Is Believing in Climate Change “An Insult to God”?
With movements such as young-earth creationism, we certainly have seen examples of religion being shanghaied into the service of...
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Monkeys Show Why It’s Hard to Prove Ancient Human Interbreeding
A bundle of recent genetic studies have suggested that modern humans had sex with Neanderthals thousands of years ago...
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How Convention Centers Are Killing Academic Culture
Setting annual meetings in massive convention centers, plus the cumulative effect of well-intentioned policies for promoting young academics, have...
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The History of Climate Change Negotiations in 83 Seconds
The annual exercise in futility and finger-pointing that is the United Nations Climate Change Conference will wrap up in...
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Doha UN Climate Talks to Conclude With Few Conclusions
UN climate talks in Doha are lurching to a close with key issues unresolved. There are outstanding disputes on...
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NASA Lacks Coherent Direction
A report sponsored by NASA has concluded that the agency is failing to inspire the world, the nation or...
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Private Company to Offer Rides to Moon By 2020
A new private venture aims to sell manned trips to the moon by 2020, its founders announced. The company,...
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‘Cognitive Big Bang’ Discovered in Tiny Sea Worm
Several “brainy” genes that were duplicated in a tiny sea creature nearly 550 million years ago may have led...
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Galaxy Crash Is a Cosmic Bullseye
Some 330 million years ago, a galaxy in our cosmic neighborhood scored a bullseye, shooting right through the heart...