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The intuitive idea that objects influence each other because they're in physical proximity is soon to become another of those beliefs that turn out to be wrong when we look deeper...
April 4, 2019 — Lee Smolin The Artful Amoeba
No other placental mammals have ever shown this ability—perhaps because we haven't looked
April 5, 2019 — Jennifer Frazer Observations
A physician-scientist with crippling ALS says a so-called “polygenic score” could someday help patients like him alter the course of even the most terrible diseases
April 4, 2019 — Leo P. Sugrue and Rahul S. Desikan Recent Posts Select Topic A personal journey to understand what lies beneath the startling powers of advanced neural networks
1 hour ago — Peter Bruce
A mastodon said to be pulverized by Ice Age humans was probably busted up by roadwork.
5 hours ago — Brian Switek
When cultural beliefs clash with science, a little humor and a little humility never hurts
6 hours ago — David Westmoreland
A former student of the influential philosopher defends him against filmmaker Errol Morris’s “character assassination.”
April 9, 2019 — John Horgan
A new survey shows that it varies dramatically by education, race and ethnicity
April 9, 2019 — Cary Funk
Family leave policies leave women faculty behind
April 9, 2019 — Kathryn Macapagal and Emily Lattie
It’s collaboration—but that only works when it’s voluntary, not imposed
April 8, 2019 — David Wilkie
Thinking outside the box is as important for science as it is for a business start-up
April 8, 2019 — Abraham Loeb
What happens when our sense of responsibility breaks down?
April 8, 2019 — Krystal D'Costa
Can you determine the least likely scenario?
April 7, 2019 — Dana Hunter
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