Science & Society

  1. Science & Society

    Descending to the Challenger Deep

    Director James Cameron reveals the science of his deep-sea exploration.

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    Insect illustrator

    Taina Litwak is an “art department of one” in D.C. for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Systematic Entomology Laboratory.

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    Science Future for November 17, 2012

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    Science Past from the issue of November 17, 1962

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  5. Science & Society

    Air: The Restless Shaper of the World

    by William Bryant Logan.

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  6. Science & Society

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

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  7. Science & Society

    Banks err by confusing risk, uncertainty

    Too much information prompted bad currency projections by international money firms, a psychologist contends, and may have blinded them to the global financial crisis.

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    Misconduct prompts most retractions

    Two-thirds of scientific papers pulled from journals are for fraud, suspected fraud and plagiarism.

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  9. Science & Society

    Letters

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  10. Tech

    Facebook peer pressure gets out the vote

    People were more likely to take part in the November 2010 election when they were told that their online friends already had.

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    Science needs a kick to take advantage of the generosity of crowds

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    There’s nothing special about thinking that kids think they’re extra special

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