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Scientific American Magazine
| Technology
New techniques for teaching computers how to learn are beating the experts
By
Yaser S. Abu-Mostafa
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Jun 20, 2012 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Evolution
Far from being a nagging exception to the rule of evolution, cooperation has been one of its primary architects
By
Martin A. Nowak
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Jun 19, 2012 |
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Web Exclusives
| Evolution
Humans are not alone in aiding others
By
Kate Wong
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Jun 19, 2012 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Health
Thumbi Ndung'u has moved from Africa to Massachusetts and back in a quest to halt the AIDS epidemic
By
Brendan Borrell
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Jun 18, 2012 |
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Web Exclusives
| Energy & Sustainability
Cold clues reveal how fast ice is disappearing, and therefore how quickly sea level could rise
By
Mark Fischetti
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Jun 16, 2012
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Scientific American Magazine
| Mind & Brain
Building a vast digital simulation of the brain could transform neuroscience and medicine and reveal new ways of making more powerful computers
By
Henry Markram
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Jun 11, 2012 |
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Web Exclusives
| Evolution
Hermit crabs have evolved sophisticated social strategies to exchange resources so that everyone benefits
By
Ferris Jabr
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Jun 5, 2012 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| More Science
Like people, hermit crabs and other animals
trade up by treasuring what others leave behind
By
Ivan Chase
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Jun 5, 2012 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Space
The largest stars die in explosions more powerful than anyone thought possible—some triggered
in part by the production of antimatter
By
Avishay Gal-Yam
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May 29, 2012 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| More Science
Most errors are quickly forgotten. Others end up remaking the face of science
By
David Kaiser
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Angela N. H. Creager
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May 29, 2012
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Web Exclusives
| More Science
How orchid bees concoct their own special scents to woo the ladies
By
Rose Eveleth
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May 28, 2012
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Scientific American Magazine
| More Science
Orchid pollinators are surprisingly promiscuous about the plants they like
By
Rose Eveleth
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May 28, 2012 |
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Web Exclusives
| More Science
Plants do not just laze about, soaking up rays. They shift around, hunt, eat, attack--and defend themselves
By
Daniel Chamovitz
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Ferris Jabr
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May 25, 2012 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| More Science
On the road to unlimited energy, the world's most complex science experiment encounters a few potholes
By
Geoff Brumfiel
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May 23, 2012 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Energy & Sustainability
Botanists are getting a whiff of the ways that plants smell one another. Some plants recognize injured neighbors by scent; others sniff out a meal
By
Daniel Chamovitz
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May 22, 2012 |