Identity
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Blogging out of Balance
September 22, 2010
Several independent assessments have reached identical conclusions: In the science blogosphere, men significantly outnumber women. Is this evidence of discrimination?
bias, communication, competition, identity, public perception
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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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Perfect Strangers
November 16, 2009
The eerie emotional response brought on by near-duplicates of our selves raises interesting questions about perception and expectations.
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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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Uncovering Ardi
October 05, 2009
Anthropologist John Hawks explains why Ardi, the oldest known skeleton of a human-like primate, matters so much to the science of human origins.
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Love’s Labors and Costs
May 15, 2009
"Spent" looks at why, when scientific research shows that more stuff doesn’t lead to more happiness, humans are driven to endlessly acquire.
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Are We Beyond the Two Cultures?
May 07, 2009
Seed celebrates the questions C.P. Snow raised 50 years ago by asking: Where are we now?
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To Be a Baby
May 05, 2009
Alison Gopnik describes new experiments in developmental psychology that show everything we think we know about babies is wrong.
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The Synesthesia Census
April 16, 2009
Author and synesthesia expert David Eagleman on subjective realities, the genes behind mixed sensory experiences, and taking stock of the condition that everyone wants.
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I Am a Rat and So Are You
April 06, 2009
Humans and the domesticated lab rat share DNA, a history, and increasingly, their fates.
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The Amazing Race
February 25, 2009
The Linguists depicts an around-the-world race to make audio recordings of dying languages, giving us a glimpse of how technology can promote language diversity.
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Needham’s Grand Question
December 15, 2008
As China reemerges on the science frontier, Simon Winchester offers a vivid account of one man's mission to illuminate its innovative past.
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A Little Bird Told Me
September 12, 2007
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I Can’t Believe It’s Science (for May 7, 2007)
May 09, 2007
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The Reinvention of the Self
February 22, 2006
Elizabeth Gould overturned one of the central tenets of neuroscience. Now she’s building on her discovery to show that poverty and stress may not just be symptoms of society, but bound to our anatomy.
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Science Goes To The Dogs
December 12, 2005
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Reflections on Mirror Neurons
December 07, 2005
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New & Notable: 11/26 - 12/02
December 05, 2005
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Fear Itself
November 29, 2005
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Childhood Neglect Leaves Biological Mark
November 21, 2005
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New and Notable: 11/13 - 11/18
November 18, 2005
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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.
