Stories by dnetesn

Why Science Needs Metaphysics (2015)

Explosive volcanoes spawned mysterious Martian rock formation

Smart Machines Will Take Us with Them

Biologists identify a genetic mechanism in the evolution of novel traits

Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness–But Time Just Might Do It

Living in a Poor Neighborhood Can Change Your Biology

Using Harpoon-Like Appendages, Bacteria ‘Fish’ for New DNA

In an age of all-knowing algorithms, how do we choose not to know?

We Need to Save Ignorance from AI

A seed that could bring clean water to millions

Big Data Is for the Birds (2015)

Interfacing with the brain

Why Social Science Needs Evolutionary Theory

Black Hole Drags Star to Dusty Death

Old ideas come back as researchers envision a more structured Web (2015)

The Search for Cancer Treatment Beyond Mutant-Hunting

Making Time Machines from Taxi Meters

Future quantum technologies may exploit identical particle entanglement

Why Social Science Needs Evolutionary Theory

CERN starts major upgrade to reap more data at atom smasher