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Top 25 stories of 2013, from microbes to meteorites
This year, careful readers may have noticed a steady accumulation of revelations about the bacterial communities that call the human body home.
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Best science to see and hear
Science Studio bills itself as “a collection of the best science multimedia on the web.
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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.
By Bruce Bower - 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.
By Beth Mole - Science & Society
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.
By Eva Emerson - Physics
Top 10 scientific supers
From supersonic to supernova, superego and supersymmetry, a roundup of science’s super superlatives.