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New World Bank Head Wants to Address Climate Change
Jim Yong Kim, the new president of the World Bank, said that dealing with climate change will be one...
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Saving Nature Will Require Billions
Reducing the risk of extinction for threatened species and establishing protected areas for nature will cost the world over...
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New Theory of Early Animal Evolution
A New York Medical College developmental biologist whose life’s work has supported the theory of evolution has developed a...
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Freshest Mars Rock Contains Evidence for Water
A meteorite that fell in Morocco last year might contain the freshest evidence for water on Mars, according to...
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DNA Has a 521-Year Half-Life
Palaeogeneticists have examined 158 DNA-containing leg bones belonging to three species of extinct giant birds called moa. The bones,...
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Brain’s Unconscious Bias Sways Decisions
If you’ve ever had to make a snap decision between two unfamiliar choices, you may want to thank your...
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Singing Mice Show Signs of Learning
Like songbirds and humans, male mice have brain circuits and behaviors they may use to learn some of their...
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Climate-Proofing the Insurance Industry
The world’s largest reinsurer has examined the recent rise in the number and severity of natural disasters worldwide, and...
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Peering Inside the Black Box
For much of the 20th century, the question of building mind from matter was considered so difficult that consciousness...
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A Diamond Bigger Than Earth?
Orbiting a star that is visible to the naked eye, astronomers have discovered a planet twice the size of...