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Understanding Our Polarized Political Landscape Requires a Long, Deep Look at Our Worldviews
Brexit, Trump, the Bernie Sanders phenomenon and more can be explained by examining evolving categories of fundamental beliefs
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"Brexit" Could Do Real Damage to U.K. Science
The vote to leave the European Union is likely to affect funding—but also to limit the number of talented researchers who choose to live and work in the United Kingdom
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Bring Climate Change Back from the Future
The fuss over an Australian extinction shows we still don’t accept that global warming is a problem for now
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What Killed Japan's Hitomi X-Ray Satellite?
It wasn't a meteorite or a piece of space junk, says a major report—it was human error on multiple levels
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Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer? Probably, but It's Complicated
The degree of risk almost certainly depends on the length and strength of exposure—but we still don't know how significant the actual danger is
Space & Physics
Is Particle Physics About to Crack Wide Open?
Hints of an unexpected new particle could be confirmed within days—and if it is, the Standard Model could be going down
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The Human Side of Medical "Match Day"
Every year graduating med students leave their futures up to an algorithm—so what happens afterwards?
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Why We Should Finish the Human Genome
About one percent of our DNA hasn't yet been mapped--and it could contain information crucial to our functioning and health
Space & Physics
The Most Mysterious Star in the Galaxy
The object known unofficially as Tabby's Star dims every so often in a chaotic pattern—and nobody knows why
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Hot Times in a Frozen Land
A visit to Greenland makes it inescapably clear that the ice-covered island is ground zero in our rapidly changing climate
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