ARTS & THEATRE
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Where Does Consciousness Come from? Two Neuroscience Theories Go Head-to-Head
Where in the brain does consciousness originate? Theories abound, but neuroscientists still haven’t coalesced around one explanation, largely because it’s…
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Science Isn’t about Domination. It’s about Democracy
Science Isn’t about Domination. It’s about Democracy Science is key to diplomacy, unity and democracy. What the Trump administration is…
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Worst Coral Mass Bleaching on Record Caused By Warming Oceans
84 Percent of Corals Impacted in Mass Bleaching Event The world is experiencing the most intense global coral bleaching event…
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Quantum Computer Makes Random-Number Breakthrough
The allure of quantum computers is, at its heart, quite simple: by leveraging counterintuitive quantum effects, they could perform computational…
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Trump Administration’s Science Cuts Come for NSF Funding
Trump Administration’s Science Cuts Come for NSF Funding The National Science Foundation, which funds key science and engineering research, is…
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Offshore Wind Power Poses Only Limited Risk to Whales, Government Watchdog Report Finds
CLIMATEWIRE | Two years ago, Republican lawmakers asked Congress’ watchdog to scrutinize offshore wind’s impact on commercial fishing, marine navigation…
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This Robot Copies Life—By Decomposing
Picture a robot. What do you see? A rugged, steel-clad machine built to transcend living beings’ organic fragility? Unfortunately, this…
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Firing the Scientists Who Make Working Safe Is Foolish
Black lung is a cruel disease. Incurable, it scars and hardens lungs, makes breathing hurt and leads to tuberculosis, heart…
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Dennis Gaitsgory Wins Breakthrough Prize for Solving Part of Math’s Grand Unified Theory
The Langlands program has been described by mathematician Edward Frankel as the “grand unified theory of mathematics.” Conceived by Robert…
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Go Inside a Mexican Wolf Recovery Project Whose Future Is Now Uncertain
While filming Operation Wolf Foster, I witnessed firsthand the immense coordination needed to transport critically endangered Mexican wolf pups into…
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