Science & Society

  1. Cosmology

    For proposals that challenge paradigms, peruse arXiv.org

    The online physics archive offers crazy ideas to confront cosmological challenges.

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  2. Science & Society

    Science slowdown

    The recent federal government shutdown, which furloughed more than 800,000 government workers and may have cost the nation as much as $24 billion, has sent ripples through the nation’s scientific research enterprise.

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  3. Science & Society

    Top 10 revolutionary scientific theories

    Quantum theory, game theory and evolution all make the list of history’s paradigm-busting revolutionary scientific theories.

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  4. Science & Society

    Feedback

    Our redesigned cover and the astronomy stories from the Oct. 19 issue get readers' reviews.

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  5. Science & Society

    Replacing paradigms requires open minds

    Cosmological crises require creativity, but science enforces conformity.

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  6. Science & Society

    U.S. science funding sends young people a mixed message

    I think science, and more specifically scientific thinking, is the most powerful tool for understanding the world. Everyone should learn how to think like a scientist.

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  7. Physics

    Top 10 scientific supers

    From supersonic to supernova, superego and supersymmetry, a roundup of science’s super superlatives.

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  8. Science & Society

    NIH struggles to rebound from shutdown

    Researchers fear delayed grant funding from missed review meetings.

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  9. Science & Society

    Humans’ living creations put on display

    The Center for PostNatural History, a museum that opened in 2012, features Freckles and other organisms altered by humans.

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  10. Science & Society

    Scarcity

    Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explain why having too little means so much.

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  11. Science & Society

    Funding slide

    U.S. federal spending on science has decreased sharply since 2010. Scientists are feeling the crunch.

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  12. Health & Medicine

    Details of new botulinum toxin withheld

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