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Viruses Evolve in Real Time
Charles Darwin recognized that natural selection can make eyes sharper, muscles stronger, and fur thicker. But evolution does more...
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‘Starbursts’ and Black Holes Lead to Biggest Galaxies
Frenetic star-forming activity in the early Universe is linked to the most massive galaxies in today’s cosmos, new research...
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Scientists Developing Salt-Tolerant Rice
Scientists are developing a salt-resistant variety of rice, a move prompted, in part, by last year’s Japan tsunami, which...
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The Big Picture: The History of the Universe Is Our History
Six world-renowned scientists explain the history of the universe and reflect on how this knowledge affects their perspective of...
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Oldest Dinosaur ‘Nursery’ Discovered
Tiny prints from baby dinosaurs dot the oldest dinosaur nesting site found to date, a 190-million-year-old nursery in South...
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‘Near Earth Objects’ Shield to Assess Earth Defense
NEOShield is a new international project that will assess the threat posed by Near Earth Objects (NEO) and look...
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Belief in Evolution Boils Down to a Gut Feeling
Intuitive reasoning may help explain why some people are more accepting of evolution than others.
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Comet’s Fiery Plunge May Tell Us How Planets Form
For the first time, scientists have caught a glimpse of a comet's final minutes before it was vaporized by...
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Why Does Our Universe Have Three Dimensions?
Why does our universe look the way it does? In particular, why do we only experience three spatial dimensions...
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The Evolution of Personality
Examining four animal groups with high relative brain size, and finding that they have a variety of qualities in...
