Science & Society
We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday.
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Heal thy neighbor
As antidepressants and other drugs gradually replace psychotherapy in the United States, new forms of the talking cure are growing in popularity in developing countries ravaged by civil war and poverty.
- Cosmology
For proposals that challenge paradigms, peruse arXiv.org
The online physics archive offers crazy ideas to confront cosmological challenges.
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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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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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Feedback
Our redesigned cover and the astronomy stories from the Oct. 19 issue get readers' reviews.
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Replacing paradigms requires open minds
Cosmological crises require creativity, but science enforces conformity.
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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.
- Physics
Top 10 scientific supers
From supersonic to supernova, superego and supersymmetry, a roundup of science’s super superlatives.
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NIH struggles to rebound from shutdown
Researchers fear delayed grant funding from missed review meetings.
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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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Scarcity
Sendhil Mullainathan and Eldar Shafir explain why having too little means so much.
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Funding slide
U.S. federal spending on science has decreased sharply since 2010. Scientists are feeling the crunch.
