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What compels people to give their money away?
July 10, 2012 New Scientist, n.2872, p.27
meet Pamala Wiepking, who studies what makes philanthropists tick, and tells us why women, the elderly and the poor are more generous
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Hominins did not need boats to settle islands
July 11, 2012 New Scientist, n.2873, p.15
simulations suggest that relatively distant islands might have been settled by accidental castaways rather than by skilled mariners
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Growth of Earth's core may hint at magnetic reversal
July 11, 2012 New Scientist, n.2873, p.14
lopsided growth of the Earth's core could help predict when the planet's geomagnetic field will flip, leaving it exposed to dangerous solar winds
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Americas saw three waves of ancient settlers
July 11, 2012 New Scientist, n.2873, p.12
new DNA analysis backs up linguistic evidence that humans reached North America in three initial waves, not one
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Stephen Hawking trials device that reads his mind
July 12, 2012 New Scientist, n.2873, p.4
a device that recognises brain activity associated with imagined movements could ultimately let Hawking communicate by thought alone
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Peter Higgs: Boson discovery like being hit by a wave
July 18, 2012 New Scientist, n.2874, p.28-29
it has been a week to remember says the man who came up with the idea of the Higgs boson
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Earth's water piggy-backed on asteroids, not comets
July 18, 2012 New Scientist, n.2874, p.17
isotopes of hydrogen in meteorites hint that Earth's water did not come from far out in the solar system
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Was America first colonised by two cultures at once?
July 18, 2012 New Scientist, n.2874, p.10
tools and stools from a cave in Oregon suggest that there were two societies in America 14,000 years ago
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Are these the brain cells that give us consciousness?
July 23, 2012 New Scientist, n.2874, p.32-35
the brainiest creatures share a secret -- an odd kind of brain cell involved in emotions and empathy that may have accidentally made us conscious
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We are all susceptible to delusions
July 24, 2012 New Scientist, n.2874, p.27
in his new book, novelist and former psychologist Frank Tallis explores the psychology behind demonic possession
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Neanderthal dental tartar reveals evidence of medicine
July 25, 2012 New Scientist, n.2875, p.14
chemical residues trapped in ancient tartar suggests our extinct cousins had knowledge of medicinal plants
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Book
Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul
August 1, 2012 Pantheon
see also Amazon
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Instant Expert: Fossils
August 1, 2012
- The tales they tell
palaeontologists can decipher how ancient organisms lived and interacted using taphonomy, the study of how fossils
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Meteorite's left-handed acids are a blow to ET search
August 1, 2012 New Scientist, n.2876, p.17
"left-handed" molecules on asteroids might not be a sign of extraterrestrial life after all, complicating the hunt for aliens
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Lost world of dinosaurs threatened by gas industry
August 1, 2012 New Scientist, n.2876, p.8-9
the site of 130-million-year-old dinosaur footprints will be lost if plans to build the world's largest liquefied natural gas plant in Australia go ahead
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The price of preserving fossils for the future
August 1, 2012 New Scientist, n.2876, p.3
fossils are an invaluable record of the past and source of knowledge -- and our understanding of them is still evolving
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Ghosts in the atom: Unmasking the quantum phantom
August 2, 2012 New Scientist, n.2875, p.28-31
the wave function of quantum theory has always been accepted as an abstract mathematical device -- but could this cipher actually be real
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An appeal for fairness in society
August 2, 2012 New Scientist, n.2875, p.3
to tackle inequality we must first overcome our own biased belief that people deserve their position on the social ladder
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Chimeric birds could explain how brains get big
August 8, 2012 New Scientist, n.2877, p.12
zebra finch brains develop differently if they are transplanted into the bodies of quail, suggesting that brain size is controlled externally
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Brain might not stand in the way of free will
August 8, 2012 New Scientist, n.2877, p.10
a classic experiment that suggests the brain is aware of our urge to act spontaneously before we are might have been misinterpreted
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Curiosity might prove we've already found life on Mars
August 8, 2012 New Scientist, n.2877, p.9
if the Mars Science Laboratory rover finds organic molecules in the soil, Viking's refuted discovery of microbial life will need to be reviewed
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Higgs certainty boosted by more complete analysis
August 8, 2012 New Scientist, n.2877, p.5
The Higgs boson signal in July was certain enough to be classed as a discovery. Now its statistical significance has risen further.
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Plume power: Deep engines of earthquakes and volcanoes
August 15, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.38-41
Plate tectonics can't explain all the earthquakes, volcanoes and landscapes of Earth, so what else is shaping its surface?
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Questions over human and Neanderthal interbreeding
August 15, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.12
the genes that many humans share in common with Neanderthals do not reflect interspecies breeding
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Stone Age skull-smashers spark a cultural mystery
August 16, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.10
A cache of Neolithic skulls unearthed in Syria had been exhumed, separated from their bodies, had their faces smashed in and been reburied. But why?
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They never forget: The strange gift of perfect memory
August 20, 2012 New Scientist, n.2878, p.34-37
Some people can recall what happened on almost every day of their lives. Unlocking their secrets could shed light on the way all our memories work.
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Book
Prize Fight: The Race and the Rivalry to be the First in Science
October 1, 2012 Palgrave Macmillan
an examination of the battles behind the prestige of top awards; see also Table of Contents (pdf) and Book
Reports of the National Center for Science Education
October 1, 2012 v.32, n.3
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Triumph of the Titans: How Sauropods Flourished
April 30, 2012 Scientific American
the long-necked dinosaurs known as sauropods, once seen as icons of extinction, thrived for millions of years all around the world
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Antimatter-Powered Supernovae
May 29, 2012 Scientific American
the largest stars die in explosions more powerful than anyone thought possible--some triggered in part by the production of antimatter
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The Right Way to Get It Wrong
May 29, 2012 Scientific American
Most errors are quickly forgotten. Others end up remaking the face of science.
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Book
Homo Mysterious: Evolutionary Puzzles of Human Nature
June 1, 2012 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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How Critical Thinkers Lose Their Faith in God
June 1, 2012 Scientific American
faith and intuition are intimately related
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Why We Help: The Evolution of Cooperation
June 19, 2012 Scientific American
far from being a nagging exception to the rule of evolution, cooperation has been one of its primary architects
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Rats Laugh, but Not Like Humans
June 22, 2012 Scientific American
Do animals other than humans have a sense of humor? Maybe so
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What Happens to Consciousness When We Die
June 27, 2012 Scientific American
the death of the brain means subjective experiences are neurochemistry
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Book
When Can You Trust the Experts?: How to Tell Good Science from Bad in Education
July 1, 2012 Wiley (Jossey-Bass)
see also Amazon
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Why Extramarital Sex Can Kill
July 2, 2012 Scientific American
affairs increase the risk of sudden death, with distressing guilt potentially playing a role in cardiovascular disease
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Ancient DNA Research Revolutionizes Scientists’ Understanding of Extinct Animals
July 20, 2012 Scientific American
biotechnology reveals how the woolly mammoth survived the cold and other mysteries of extinct creatures
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Planetary science: The time machine
July 25, 2012 Nature News & Comment
Dating features on the Moon and Mars is guesswork. Scott Anderson is building a tool to change that.
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How Free Will Collides with Unconscious Impulses
July 26, 2012 Scientific American
volition as self-control exerts veto power over impulses
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News Update/Commentary
Dutchman builds replica Noah's Ark after flood dream
July 30, 2012 CNN
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Book
Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
August 1, 2012 Oxford University Press
see also Amazon
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Evidence of very rapid reef accretion and reef growth under high turbidity and terrigenous sedimentation
August 1, 2012 Geology, v.40, n.8, p.719-722
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In a Fly's Eye: My, Oh My, What Evolution -- er, Design
August 10, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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Unguided or Not? How Do Darwinian Evolutionists Define Their Theory?
August 11, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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A Big Bang Theory of Homo
August 13, 2012 Evolution News & Views
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News Update/Commentary
Aliens in the oceans -- searching for life on the moons of Jupiter
August 14, 2012 CNN
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Missouri 'Right to Pray' Law Could Limit Teaching Evolution
August 14, 2012 Science Insider
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Paper Rebuffs Assumption that Pseudogenes Are Genetic "Junk," Claims Function Is "Widespread"
August 14, 2012 Evolution News & Views