BIG Questions – Page 61

Proposed Space Boat Could Explore Lakes On Saturn’s Moon Titan
By the Editor on October 2, 2012
While rovers are ideal for exploring Mars, a boat is best for Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Scientists are proposing...
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Bee Brains Help to Make Robots Smarter
By the Editor on October 2, 2012
Honey bee brains could soon be helping robots act more independently. The way that bees smell and see is...
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Source of Monster Black Hole’s Energy Jet Identified
By the Editor on October 1, 2012
A peek at swirling matter around a giant black hole verifies that it is the source of a monstrous...
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Dioxin Exposure Has Harmful Effects Across Generations
By the Editor on October 1, 2012
Washington State University researchers have found that the great-grandchildren of pregnant rats exposed to low doses of dioxin develop...
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Mayas Prophesized, but Not End of World
By the Editor on October 1, 2012
As the clock winds down to December 21, experts on the Mayan calendar have been racing to convince people...
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Loop the Loop, DNA Style
By the Editor on October 1, 2012
In certain toy racecar tracks, sneaky players can flip a switch, trapping their opponents’ vehicles in a loop of...
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The Perils of Populist Science
By the Editor on September 29, 2012
We could wring our hands about our unreconstructed nature but sex is at the center of human thought, and...
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Astronomers Measure a Black Hole for the First Time
By the Editor on September 29, 2012
Astronomers have found a way to measure the size of a black hole. Supermassive black holes reside at the...
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Encounters With the God Particle
By the Editor on September 28, 2012
The Higgs boson, the pope, and the curious interaction between organized religion and big science.
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The Marketplace in Your Brain
By the Editor on September 28, 2012
Neuroscientists have found brain cells that compute value. Why are economists ignoring them?
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