Consensus
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Into the Uncanny Valley
August 24, 2010
New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
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Search Me
December 11, 2009
Amid a roll-out of a number of new features, Google’s biggest change went largely unnoticed, even though it could further fragment our shared pool of knowledge.
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Into the Uncanny Valley
November 16, 2009
New findings shed light on a century’s worth of bizarre explanations for the eerie feeling we get around lifelike robots.
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The Dead Zone Dilemma
September 30, 2009
Is saving our atmosphere killing our seas? Biofuels may stifle global warming, but scientists warn that agricultural runoff causes new problems.
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Erasing Dark Energy
September 24, 2009
Why do we need dark energy to explain the observable universe? Two mathematicians propose an alternate solution that, while beautiful, may raise even more questions than it answers.
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Rethinking Addiction
September 23, 2009
What makes someone an addict? The clinical definition of drug “dependence” is flexible, but may still mislabel individual choices as disorders.
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Organic Food Isn’t More Nutritious
August 14, 2009
An anti-scientific debate in the UK over the nutritional value of organic food, the Pentagon’s power to scare the pants off climate negotiators, and how the Perseids momentarily eclipsed Miley Cyrus.
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Knowing How to Pick a Fight
August 04, 2009
Paul Ehrlich believes in provocation and speculation, forcing us to consider: If not for the provocateurs, would we pay attention?
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Supersizing Quantum Behavior
July 29, 2009
A groundbreaking Caltech experiment may detect quantum physics where classical mechanics has ruled sovereign.
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The Lesser Evil: Nuclear or Coal?
July 02, 2009
Should we depend on coal or nuclear? Five experts discuss how clean coal works, how dangerous nuclear waste really is, and whether the root of the problem is money.
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Knowledge, in Real Time
March 20, 2009
A new picture of science — and possibly future innovation — comes into focus with the mapping of scientists’ online research behavior.
bias, consensus, innovation, networks, research, visualization
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What Really Happened at Copenhagen?
March 13, 2009
It's problematic when largely unresolved debates among the world's climate change researchers get reduced to six key messages.
carbon, climate, consensus, decision making, energy, growth, politics
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Voodoo That Scientists Do
February 24, 2009
When findings are debated online, as with a yet to be released paper that calls out the field of social neuroscience, who wins?
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Harold Varmus: Public Library of Science
November 15, 2007
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The Meaning of Life
September 04, 2007
Last week, biologist J. Craig Venter crossed a momentous threshold—creating a living organism with no ancestor. In 2007, Carl Zimmer gave Seed this provocative look at the difficulties inherent in defining "life."
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The Gay Animal Kingdom
June 06, 2006
The effeminate sheep and other problems with Darwinian sexual selection.
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Snuppy Stands Alone
January 10, 2006
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Ideas
I Tried Almost Everything Else
John Rinn, snowboarder, skateboarder, and “genomic origamist,” on why we should dumpster-dive in our genomes and the inspiration of a middle-distance runner.
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Ideas
Going, Going, Gone
The second most common element in the universe is increasingly rare on Earth—except, for now, in America.
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Ideas
Earth-like Planets Aren’t Rare
Renowned planetary scientist James Kasting on the odds of finding another Earth-like planet and the power of science fiction.
