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A library of interviews with the world’s biggest thinkers.
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The likelihood of a doomsday war has declined since the Soviet Union fell, but the chances of a nuclear attack on a major city have risen dramatically. How can we […]
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A nearby star system may “go supernova” in 10 million years—far sooner than scientists once predicted.
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If asteroids or supernovas don’t kill Earth, our planet will die when the Sun swells up and vaporizes it. By that time, Ed Sion hopes we’ll have long since packed […]
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Fortunately, the technology to intercept and destroy renegade space matter is no longer a Hollywood myth.
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A conversation with the astronomer and astrophysicist at Villanova University.
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The promise and thrill of discovery are what keep scientists going in spite of endless frustration.
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Doctors’ visits will soon include the sequencing of “at least part of your genome.” If scientists don’t clearly explain the reasons for this, they’ve failed the taxpayers who fund their […]
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Prolonged graduate education hampers promising careers, says Gregory Hannon. Better to give scientists hands-on experience early.
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As sequencing individuals’ genomes becomes cheaper and easier, how can we prevent the release of private genetic information onto the Web?
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Finding the common point of vulnerability that makes threatened cells collapse may help science overcome the troublesome uniqueness of human cancers.
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A bizarre facial tumor has decimated the Tasmanian devil population in recent years. Spurred by a worried grad student, Gregory Hannon set out to unlock the secrets of the disease.
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The use of RNA interference (RNAi) as a gene manipulation tool may revolutionize cancer treatment. What barriers must be overcome before it produces new therapies?
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From the “organized chaos” of Dr. Gregory Hannon’s laboratory, new ways of studying the evolution of cancer are emerging.
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A conversation with the molecular biologist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
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“How dare she be so strong as to not do something some females are too weak to do?”
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What happens when you see yourself as the flavor of the month.
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“We all cheat,” says Juan Battle, “but we don’t get caught and we don’t do stupid things like leave ridiculous messages on the voicemail of a cocktail waitress out of […]
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Juan Battle has found that in the black population, discussions of sex and sexuality revolve around money.
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Decades after figures like Bessie Smith asserted masterful control over black female identity, some racial and sexual stereotypes refuse to die.