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Origin of Intelligence, Mental Illness Linked to Ancient Genetic Accident
Scientists have discovered for the first time how humans — and other mammals — have evolved to have intelligence....
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Dust Grains Highlight the Path to Planet Formation
An international team of researchers studying the characteristics of the protoplanetary disk of the star UX Tauri A, have...
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‘The Particle at the End of the Universe’ Gets Real
Caltech physicist Sean Carroll makes the search for the Higgs boson a scientific detective story. At heart is the...
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Carbon Credit Market May Collapse Soon
The reluctance of industrialized countries to accept binding emission targets will dry up demand for carbon credits and reduce...
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5 Charts About Climate Change That Should Have You Very, Very Worried
Two major organizations released climate change reports this month warning of doom and gloom if we stick to our...
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New Study Shows Global Warming Is Rapidly Melting Ice at Both Poles
This is not good news. A new international study—done by 47 experts using data from multiple satellites and aircraft—shows...
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Spaun, the Most Realistic Artificial Human Brain Yet
A group of neuroscientists and software engineers at the University of Waterloo in Canada are claiming to have built...
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Scientists Build With DNA Bricks
Researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute have coaxed single strands of DNA to fit together like Lego bricks and form...
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Scientists Discover Frozen Organic Material on Mercury
Messenger spacecraft finds substances similar to tar or coal in craters on planet nearest sun
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Human Evolution Enters Exciting New Phase
If you could escape the human time scale for a moment, and regard evolution from the perspective of deep...