Science & Society

  1. Science & Society

    Alexandra Witze, Earth in action

    Loss of eyes in the sky hurts science on the ground.

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    A prescription for complexity: public health and climate change

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  3. Science & Society

    You’re fast enough, you’re smart enough, and doggone it, you can kill zombies

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    Bieber fever and other contagions reveal some things about fame, money, and us

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    Blood Work

    A Tale of Medicine and Murder in the Scientific Revolution by Holly Tucker.

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    Youthful ingenuity honored at Intel ISEF

    Young scientists receive awards for insights applicable to cancer treatment, homeland security, water supplies and more.

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    Humans

    Western views of fat adopted around the world, a link between a messy environment and stereotypes, and more in this week's news

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    An update on scientific integrity

    New administration rules are a step in the right direction, but much work remains, says a watchdog group.

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    Humans

    The sophisticated lives of early North Americans, plus third arms and drunken memories in this week's news.

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  10. Science & Society

    Methane from BP spill goes missing

    Latest sampling suggests either that microbes have already devoured the most abundant hydrocarbon produced by the leak — or that researchers have simply lost track of it.

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    E.T.? No. Arsenic? Yes. Maybe. Hmmm.

    NASA's bacterium news sparks criticism.

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    2010 Nobels recognize potential of basic science to shape the world

    Prizes go to IVF, graphene and ‘carbon chemistry at its best’

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