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Giant Strand of Elusive Dark Matter Seen in 3D
By the Editor on October 17, 2012
Astronomers have taken their first 3D look at a gigantic filament of dark matter, an invisible cosmic structure that...
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New Planet Is Closest Yet: Earth-Size Lava World a Space “Landmark”
By the Editor on October 17, 2012
Alpha Centauri—the star system closest to our sun and the inspiration for legions of science fiction writers—harbors at least...
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Evolution Mostly Driven By Brawn, Not Brains
By the Editor on October 16, 2012
The most common measure of intelligence in animals, brain size relative to body size, may not be as dependent...
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Creativity Closely Entwined With Mental Illness
By the Editor on October 16, 2012
Creativity is often part of a mental illness, with writers particularly susceptible, according to a study of more than...
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The Latest Effort to Smear Evolution By Natural Selection
By the Editor on October 16, 2012
As a biographical sketch, Darwin: Portrait of a Genius is brisk and sufficient. But as an exploration of Darwin’s...
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A Nobel That Points Us Toward Our Quantum Future
By the Editor on October 16, 2012
Scientists like to think that true measures of our understanding are our ability to predict something, and, in experimental...
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Tiniest Alien Solar System Discovered: 5 Packed Planets
By the Editor on October 16, 2012
The most crowded alien planetary system found yet possesses five worlds all orbiting a star at least 12 times...
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Forrest Corridor Could Save Endangered Species From Decline
By the Editor on October 16, 2012
Sumatran orangutans are in trouble: Only about 6,600 of the animals are left, scattered throughout the northern tip of...
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How First Life Forms Might Have Packaged RNA
By the Editor on October 15, 2012
Researchers at Penn State University have developed a chemical model that mimics a possible step in the formation of...
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Apollo Rocks Analysis: Solar Wind Made Moon Water
By the Editor on October 15, 2012
Analyzing grains of soil collected from three Apollo lunar missions, geochemists have figured out that the hydrogen in trace...
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