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Conflict resolution: Wars without end
The world is full of bloody conflicts that can drag on for decades. Some researchers are trying to find resolutions through complexity science.
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Daylight saving time is one big experiment for scientists
To some people, the transition to daylight saving time means a few days of sleep deprivation, or the chance to leave work before the sky is completely dark. To others, it’s […]
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Yes, You’re Irrational, and Yes, That’s OK
Humans diverge from economic rationality. Researchers have found that all sorts of logically inconsequential circumstances—rain, sexual arousal (induced and assessed by experimenters with Saran-wrapped laptops), or just the number “67” […]
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Termites: Guardians of the Soil
Researchers at Princeton University and their colleagues recently reported in the journal Science that termite mounds may serve as oases in the desert, allowing the plants that surround them to […]
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In Fake Universes, Evidence for String Theory
Researchers are demonstrating that, in certain contexts, string theory is the only consistent theory of quantum gravity. Might this make it true?
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Massive project maps DNA tags that define each cell’s identity
Our DNA may encode all the instructions needed to build the human body and keep it running, but each of our cells must follow just a subset of those instructions […]
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Southwest and Great Plains at risk of 21st century ‘mega-drought’
Global warming will bring the «unprecedented» risk of a decades-long mega-drought in the Southwest and Great Plains of United States during the second half of the century, researchers claim.
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Study Says Organic Milk Offers No Nutrition Boost
People choose organic dairy products for any number of reasons, including their perceptions on the environmental impacts of dairy farming, the treatment of cows, and the safety of milk from […]
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How Henry Cavendish Used a Wire to Measure a Tiny Force of Gravity
The crowning achievement of the 18th-century researcher was the design of the first experiment to measure the force of gravity between masses in a lab
