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Scientific American Mind
| Mind & Brain
What happens in the brain when we see someone in a posture we cannot imitate?
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Alison Snyder
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Feb 28, 2011
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News
| Energy & Sustainability
Theoretical models suggest ways for optimizing artificial photosynthesis to turn light into energy the way plants do
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Alison Snyder
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Dec 13, 2010 |
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Strange but True
| Technology
For over 150 years, scientists have known that fires can be extinguished with sound waves, but they still don't know how
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Alison Snyder
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Jan 24, 2008 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Health
Proponents fire back after a report questions glaucoma screening
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Alison Snyder
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Jan 17, 2008
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Scientific American Magazine
| More Science
Cheating the standard protein tests is easy, but industry hesitates on alternatives
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Alison Snyder
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Jul 15, 2007
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Scientific American Magazine
| More Science
Progress in cell transplants to heal damaged retinas
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Alison Snyder
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Feb 18, 2007 |
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Fact or Fiction
| Energy & Sustainability
Chocolate can affect canines in different ways--from the mildly upsetting to the downright dangerous
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Alison Snyder
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Feb 2, 2007 |
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Scientific American Mind
| Mind & Brain
By
Alison Snyder
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Jan 30, 2007
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Strange but True
| More Science
The next time you want protection from a blowtorch--or space dust--consider an aerogel
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Alison Snyder
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Jan 11, 2007 |
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News
| Health
A protein in brain cells helps keep appetites alive during fasting and plays a role in a complex molecular mechanism that may be involved in diabetes and obesity
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Alison Snyder
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Jan 3, 2007
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News
| Space
New evidence shows that comets were not alone, as previously believed, when they formed
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Alison Snyder
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Dec 15, 2006
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News
| Space
Meteorite that fell in Canada's Tagish Lake contains organic compounds from a time before planets formed
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Alison Snyder
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Dec 1, 2006
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News
| Society & Policy
Fires may boost the reflectivity of the ground, thereby counteracting the warming from the fire's release of greenhouse gases.
By
Alison Snyder
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Nov 17, 2006 |
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News
| Energy & Sustainability
By
Alison Snyder
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Nov 8, 2006
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News
| More Science
By
Alison Snyder
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Nov 2, 2006 |