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New Scientist
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Why We Need Ecological Medicine
We know which species make us sick, but we must learn which species make us healthy.
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Jesus Wept
A skeptic faces possible charges for debunking Mumbai’s miracle statue.
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The Agony of Banning Ecstasy
A former adviser to the U.K. government says the ban on drugs is hampering neuroscience.
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Can You Own an Asteroid?
Plans to mine minerals on celestial bodies could violate international space law.
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What Gamblers and Weather Forecasters Can Teach Us About Risk
An interview with the creator of the “risk quotient” intelligence scale.
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Hunting for the Great Galactic Internet
A veteran astronomer turns his attention to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Clean Air Helps the Economy
Environmental regulation doesn't kill jobs; it creates them.
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Everything Was a Problem and We Did Not Understand a Thing
An interview with Noam Chomsky.
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Stop Comparing Fukushima to Chernobyl
Both were tragedies, but one was much worse than the other.
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Is the Tea Party Fair-Minded?
Psychologist Jonathan Haidt on morality and politics.
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Stand Up For the Little Guys
Let's start thinking on how to save the Earth's endangered microbes.
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Long-Lost Medicine
Broccoli, spider webs, and other health remedies from ancient times.
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What Animals Don't Need
Strips of land linking wildlife reserves are one of the most widely used tools in conservation. But do they even work?
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Non-Consenting Adults
The Nuremberg Code, set up to protect the human subjects of research, is being routinely ignored.
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Other Theories of Physics
Amateurs around the world take on the priesthood of mainstream science.
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Time for a Change
The world’s “time director” explains why we need to adjust our clocks permanently.
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What If There Were Rules for Science Journalism?
No false balance, no miracle cures, no opaque statistics …
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How Much Can We Blame on Global Warming?
Sorting through the confusion on “extreme weather events.”
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