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Scientific American Magazine
| Evolution
To keep jellyfish, fungi and other creatures from overtaking healthy habitats, scientists are exploring food webs and tipping points
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Carl Zimmer
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Oct 3, 2012 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Mind & Brain
The noise of billions of brain cells trying to communicate with one another may hold a crucial clue to understanding consciousness
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Carl Zimmer
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Dec 29, 2010 |
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Features
| Mind & Brain
In this chapter from his new e-book, journalist Carl Zimmer tries to reconcile the visions of techno-immortalists with the exigencies imposed by real-world biology
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Carl Zimmer
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Dec 22, 2010 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| More Science
IQ is easy to measure and reflects something real. But scientists hunting among our genes for the factors that shape intelligence are discovering they are more elusive than expected
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Carl Zimmer
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Oct 8, 2008 |
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Scientific American Magazine
| Environment
To this day, scientists struggle with that question. A better definition can influence which animals make the endangered list
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Carl Zimmer
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May 19, 2008
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Scientific American Magazine
| More Science
Natural selection lacks the power to erase cancer from our species and, some scientists argue, may even have provided tools that help tumors grow
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Carl Zimmer
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Dec 16, 2006
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Scientific American Magazine
Biologists are beginning to tease out how the brain gives rise to a constant sense of being oneself
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Carl Zimmer
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Oct 24, 2005