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Cooperating Mini-Brains Show How Intelligence Evolved
By the Editor on April 11, 2012
Working together can hasten brain evolution, according to a new computer simulation. When programmed to navigate challenging cooperative tasks,...
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Energy Solutions From the Perspective of Big History
By William Grassie on April 10, 2012
Humans now consume some 18 trillion watts of energy in a variety of forms. Every aspect of our contemporary...
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Sun’s Sibling Stars Could Host Cousins of Earth Life
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
Some scientists are searching not just for any life out there in the universe, but for our distant relatives....
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At the End of the Earth, Seeking Clues to the Universe
By the Editor on April 9, 2012
The same conditions that make the Atacama, Earth’s driest desert, so inhospitable make it beguiling for astronomy. In northern...
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Melting Antarctic Permafrost Drove Ancient Global Warming
By the Editor on April 6, 2012
Fifty-five million years ago, the world abruptly warmed by a scorching 5 degrees Celsius, the oceans turned acidic, and...
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Closing in on the Black Hole at Center of Our Galaxy
By the Editor on April 5, 2012
Though scientists have suspected for a while that a giant black hole lurks at the center of our galaxy,...
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Life May Be Hiding Beneath Jupiter Moon Crust
By the Editor on April 5, 2012
Extraterrestrial life in the solar system may be hiding beneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s moon Europa, safe from...
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Carbon Dioxide Linked to End of Last Ice Age
By the Editor on April 5, 2012
The circumstances that ended the last ice age, somewhere between 19,000 and 10,000 years ago, have been unclear. In...
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LHC is Back With Big Energy Boost
By the Editor on April 5, 2012
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is operating again after its winter break. At the beginning of April, opposing stable...
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The King of the Feathered Dinosaurs
By the Editor on April 4, 2012
The discovery of a giant meat-eating dinosaur sporting a downy coat has some scientists reimagining the look of Tyrannosaurus...
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