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Thought Experiment Shows Randomness Amplified Without Limit Print E-mail
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Monday, 21 May 2012 09:00
Randomness amplification protocol (generalized).Zürich, Switzerland. Even a small amount of randomness can be amplified without limit, a finding with broad implications for physical and the biological sciences.

The effects of this research could be considerable, given the importance of understanding random mutations on human development. Currently, there has been no proof either that the world is purely deterministic and all randomness is due solely to a lack of knowledge about certain events, or that everything happens purely by chance.

Last Updated on Monday, 21 May 2012 12:37
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Funding Biomedical Research: Mending Walls Print E-mail
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Monday, 14 May 2012 09:00
A Wall.Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,

—  Robert Frost, Mending Wall

Waltham, MA, USA. In rural New England, as in much of the rest of the world, people mark their territory, like some race of architecturally-adept spaniels, by building a wall around its borders.

Last Updated on Monday, 14 May 2012 20:38
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Biased Distribution of Male and Female Scientific Award Recipients Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 09 May 2012 03:00
Woman Doing Science.Washington, DC, USA. A study in Social Studies of Science shows that males win scientific awards more than 95% of the time when men chair committees that select the recipients.

In the past two decades women have begun to win more awards, compared to men, but they win more service and teaching awards and fewer of the prestigious scholarly awards than would be expected based on their representation in the nomination pool.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 08:22
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Can Archaeology Contribute To Social Science? Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 01 May 2012 03:00
Project director Michael Smith draws stones in a wall at Calilxtlahuaca, Mexico. Precise mapping is important to reconstruct houses and domestic life in ancient cities. Photo courtesy of Michael Smith.Tempe, AZ, USA. Can archaeology be a social science that extracts information from other disciplines to inform and enhance their data, while providing input to other sciences?

A new analysis extends the popular perception of archaeologists as a team of dusty individuals in wide-brimmed hats unearthing treasures from a pharaoh's tomb or an ancient collection of Native American artifacts.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 01 May 2012 02:08
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Trust in Science Falls Dramatically Among Conservatives and Church-goers Print E-mail
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Monday, 02 April 2012 09:00
Inherit The Wind (Film), with Spencer Tracy and Frederick March.Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Public trust in science remained stable since the mid-1970s except among self-identified conservatives and among those who frequently attend church.

Between 1974 and 2010 in the United States, people who self-identified as moderates and liberals maintained their trust in science but it fell among self-identified conservatives by more than 25 percent during the same period.

Last Updated on Monday, 02 April 2012 08:43
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