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<h3 style="color: #ffffff;">How Magicians Can Control Your Decisions</h3>
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<h3 style="color: #ffffff;">The Shiniest Living Thing in the World</h3>
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<h3 style="color: #000000;">Is That a Doctor in Your Pocket?</h3>
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Blogs

Bad Astronomy

A solar eclipse… FROM MARS!

OK, this is simply too cool.

The Mars Curiosity rover has ...

Gene Expression

Who tolerates anti-American preaching from Muslims?

Obviously the news over the past week has been filled with the events ...

Bad Astronomy

A new space race?

When Curiosity landed on Mars, I was interviewed by

Articles

Islam’s 
High-Tech Backlash


After the Arab Spring: A chilling reminder that social media can foster political oppression.


The Contrarian: Set Scientists Free to Create New Life-Forms

It's time for us to learn to stop worrying and love synthetic biology.

Building a Better World With Chemicals

New materials could let us make everything from programmable matter to materials that heal themselves.

Look at This: Heavens in Motion


The view changes fast aboard the International Space Station.

Fighting a Windy Giant

There’s an atmospheric conspiracy afoot. And on the streets of Queens, our reporter is determined to blow it wide open.

Departments

20 Things You Didn't Know About...

Deserts

One has been around for 40 million years, one is running into a wall, and one may soon power much of Europe.

The Brain

Bottles Full of Brain-Boosters

Tonics laced with neurotransmitters, 
amino acids, and other active chemicals 
can sharpen your thinking. Or so they claim.

Vital Signs

Paralyzed by Faith

A Mormon missionary suddenly can’t move his legs. What can his 
doctors do to help him walk again? 


Discover Interview

Deep Underwater, George Bass Has Seen Pieces of the Past

The pioneering underwater 
archaeologist ignored academics 
who said he was wasting 
his time and professional divers 
who assumed he would not 
make it out of the water alive.

Big Idea

Bring Ancient Voices Back to Life

Rebuilding the vocal tracts of extinct creatures could let us hear long-lost sounds: an ancient whale song, the cries of our ancestors.

 








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