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The Theological Roots of Akin’s “Legitimate Rape” Comment
By the Editor on August 24, 2012
Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO), his party’s candidate in the Missouri Senate race to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill, has quickly...
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A Planet ‘Just Right’ for Life? Perhaps, if It Exists
By the Editor on August 24, 2012
What ever happened to the Goldilocks planet? It was big news back in September 2010 when a group led...
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Spacetime: A Smoother Brew Than We Knew
By the Editor on August 24, 2012
Spacetime may be less like beer and more like sipping whiskey. Or so an intergalactic photo finish may suggest....
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Fish Play Video Game, Tell Us to Be Social
By the Editor on August 24, 2012
Swimming in schools allows fish to detect threats more easily, and new research -- in which fish were placed...
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Environmentalism’s Biggest Challenge: Save the Arctic
By the Editor on August 24, 2012
This month we are expecting to see a record ice melt in the Arctic. But this is not a...
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Turkey Identified as Origin of Indo-European Languages
By the Editor on August 24, 2012
By using novel methods developed for tracing the origins of virus outbreaks, researchers say they have identified present-day Turkey...
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Brain Wiring, Not Just Size, Helped Humans Evolve Beyond Chimps
By the Editor on August 23, 2012
Human and chimp brains look anatomically similar because both evolved from the same ancestor millions of years ago. But...
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The Milky Way Now Has a Twin (or Two)
By the Editor on August 23, 2012
Research presented at the International Astronomical Union General Assembly has found the first group of galaxies that is just...
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Roots of Human Self-Awareness
By the Editor on August 23, 2012
Ancient Greek philosophers considered the ability to “know thyself” as the pinnacle of humanity. Now, thousands of years later,...
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Autism Risk Rises With Fathers’ Age
By the Editor on August 23, 2012
Study Finds Older Dads Are More Likely To Pass On Harmful Genetic Mutations
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