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Extreme Weather Events, Acceptance of Climate Science On the Rise
A new survey finds that a majority of Americans believe that weather in the United States is getting worse,...
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Chimps Show Lethal Side
Researchers studying different African communities of wild chimpanzees have pooled their data and found that the apes sometimes kill...
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Tennessee Law Allows Creationism Theory in Classrooms
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam refused to sign a bill that would permit discussion of creationism in classrooms alongside the...
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Cooperating Mini-Brains Show How Intelligence Evolved
Working together can hasten brain evolution, according to a new computer simulation. When programmed to navigate challenging cooperative tasks,...
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Misguided Science Policy
Designed to give the public a voice in policy decisions, public meetings and consensus conferences can, in some cases,...
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Facebook: Big Friend or Big Brother?
Facebook, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon are the masters of this new universe. Each dominates an overlapping realm of...
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Social Rank Linked to Immunity
A study of rhesus macaque monkeys may have solved a long-standing puzzle on a link between social rank and...
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Was Jesus Happy?
Was Jesus Happy? How you answer that question says a lot about the culture that influenced you most.
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For U.S. Science, A Crisis Looms
The United States is at risk of ceding its leadership in science, a number of physicists said, though there...
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The Risk of Forgoing Vaccines
Given the direct benefit to the individual of immunity against disease, vaccination, is not completely altruistic. However, immunization does...