“WHAT ARE YOU doing? Why are you here?” The soldier asks. “I’m keeping an eye on the children getting to and from school” I replied. … I’m an Irishman in the West Bank helping kids get to schoolRead more
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Basic science disappearing from medical journals
A new study has found a steep decline in the number of scholarly papers about basic science published in leading medical journals in the last … Basic science disappearing from medical journalsRead more
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Hawking’s Latest Black Hole Paper
Almost a month after Stephen Hawking and his colleagues posted a paper about black holes online, physicists still cannot agree on what it means. Some … Hawking’s Latest Black Hole PaperRead more
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Scientists demonstrate key aspect of evolutionary theory
Evolutionary theory predicts that pairs of chromosomes within asexual organisms will evolve independently of each other and become increasingly different over time in a phenomenon … Scientists demonstrate key aspect of evolutionary theoryRead more
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10,000-Year-Old Massacre Does Not Bolster Claim That War Is Innate
A report in Nature on 10,000-year-old skeletons unearthed in West Turkana, Kenya, is being touted as evidence for the assertion that war has deep evolutionary … 10,000-Year-Old Massacre Does Not Bolster Claim That War Is InnateRead more
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Global nitrogen footprint mapped for first time
The first-ever global nitrogen footprint, encompassing 188 countries, has found the United States, China, India and Brazil are responsible for 46 percent of the world’s … Global nitrogen footprint mapped for first timeRead more
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Indian scientists join protests over killings of prominent secularists
Leading Indian scientists have voiced concerns during the past week over religious intolerance and the killings of three noted advocates of rational thinking. The action … Indian scientists join protests over killings of prominent secularistsRead more
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Bitter fight over CRISPR patent heats up
A versatile technique for editing genomes has been called the biggest biotechnology advance since the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the US Patent and Trademark … Bitter fight over CRISPR patent heats upRead more
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Want a younger brain? Stay in school — and take the stairs
Taking the stairs is normally associated with keeping your body strong and healthy. But new research shows that it improves your brain’s health too — … Want a younger brain? Stay in school — and take the stairsRead more
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How Sugar and Fat Trick the Brain into Wanting More Food
Eating for the sake of pleasure, rather than survival, is nothing new. But only in the past several years have researchers come to understand deeply … How Sugar and Fat Trick the Brain into Wanting More FoodRead more