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If There Are Aliens out There, Where Are They?
Alien life, if it exists, could be as simple as bacteria or more complex than humans—and there are optimal strategies for searching for both -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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What Will It Take for Humans to Colonize the Milky Way?
It's a common theme in science fiction, but migrating to planets beyond our solar system will be a lot more complicated and difficult than you might imagine -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Basic Science Can't Survive without Government Funding
Without government resources, basic science will grind to a halt -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Detection of Gravitational Waves Is a Triumph for Physics
It initiates a new phase in the exploration of the universe and in our search for the physical laws that govern it -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Curb Antibiotic Use in Farm Animals
New guidelines to curb the overuse of drugs in food animals are inadequate to deal with a growing crisis -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Chernobyl Didn't Kill Nuclear Power
The accident was just one factor that makes it a hard sell to fight climate change -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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We Need More Space Probes to Venus
Space agencies have paid too little attention to the most Earth-like planet in our solar system -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Collider That Could Save Physics
A proposed Japanese accelerator could solve those mysteries the LHC did not -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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If We Want to Send Astronauts to Mars, We Must Go Back to the Moon First
It's not just a way station to Mars—it's a way to build new industries -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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They're Far from Harmless, but E-Cigarettes Can Get People off Tobacco
They are undoubtedly harmful but far better than tobacco products -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The DEA Says No to Reforming Our Senseless Pot Laws
The agency rejects a petition to classify marijuana as no more dangerous than methamphetamine—and thus perpetuates a policy of hypocrisy -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Monitoring Disease Outbreaks at the Games
How London’s experience in 2012 is helping Rio prepare -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The Cosmos Might Be Mostly Devoid of Life
We still have no idea how easy it is for life to arise—and it may be incredibly difficult -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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The DEA's Decision to Keep Pot Restrictions Perpetuates Hypocrisy
Keeping existing federal rules in place is an exercise in hypocrisy -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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A Plan to Defend against the War on Science
The challenge of creating a public able to parse evidence-free “facts” rests with the press, educators and other thought leaders -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Baltimore Is Attacking the Roots of Violence with Public Health...
By treating it as a public health problem, Baltimore is saving lives -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How to Fix the Many Hurdles That Stand in Female Scientists’ Way
Women face discrimination of many kinds. We need a culture change -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Guns and Tasers Have No Place in Hospitals
Tasers and guns issued to security guards do more harm than good -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Distorted Vaccine Science
His anti-vaccine credentials date back to 2005 -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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Cutting Greenhouse Gases Would Help Trump Achieve His Economic Goals
The new administration could cut greenhouse gases and achieve its economic goals all at once -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
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