BIG Questions – Page 95

Planet-Forming Disk Vanishes Into Thin Air
By the Editor on July 6, 2012
Some 460 light-years away in the constellation Centaurus, a thick disk of dust swirled around a young star named...
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How Cooperation Trumps Competition in Monkeys
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
Being the top dog – or, in this case, the top gelada monkey – is even better if the...
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Has Higher Education Become an Engine of Inequality?
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
Inequality is growing in the United States, and social mobility is slowing. A study by the Pew Charitable Trusts...
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Physicists Identify New Quantum State
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
A Kansas State University-led quantum mechanics study has discovered a new bound state in atoms that may help scientists...
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Giant Filament of Dark Matter Connects Galaxy Clusters
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
A giant string of invisible dark matter has been discovered across the universe between a pair of galaxy clusters....
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Examining Alternative Medicines
By the Editor on July 5, 2012
As nonconventional medical treatments become increasingly mainstream, we take a look at the science behind some of the most...
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A Closer Look at the Higgs Boson
By the Editor on July 4, 2012
Scientists working at the world’s biggest atom smasher near Geneva have announced the discovery of a new subatomic particle...
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“It’s a Boson:” Higgs Quest Bears New Particle
By the Editor on July 4, 2012
Scientists at Europe’s CERN research centre have found a new subatomic particle, a basic building block of the universe,...
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Hubble Telescope Sees Celestial Fireworks for Fourth of July
By the Editor on July 4, 2012
A spectacular new picture from the Hubble Space Telescope has captured a cosmic fireworks display in deep space: a...
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The Spanish Empire: Adaptive Animals in the Natural World
By Abel Alves on July 4, 2012
Accepting our status as a highly reflective species of animal may be an entry point to understanding the ripples...
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