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Math

Maybe there’s a way to find out if reality is a computer simulation

Randomness.

Math

After nailing 2012 elections, number crunchers suggest pollsters are asking the wrong question

Neuroscience

Study gives a jolt to brain researchers seeking to understand face blindness

Physics

Physicists’ theories, biology’s brains work best when they’re models of efficiency

Earth

Poles apart, the Arctic and Antarctic exhibit very different records for sea ice

Math

Game theory suggests current climate negotiations won’t avert catastrophe

Math Trek.

Physics

To build a clock that ticks forever, you need a spacetime crystal blueprint

Science & Society

Scientists embrace Twitter for spreading the word and hashing through new data

Neuroscience

To understand meetings of minds, scientists should study brains in the wild

Earth

Bad days for dinosaurs began long before the last of them died

Archaeology

What the Maya really have to tell us about the end of the world

Neuroscience

Copycat mentality may be a hardwired way for animals to learn to avoid others’ mistakes

Copycat mentality may be a hardwired way for animals to learn to avoid others’ mistakes.