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If you dropped all the world's data into a black box, could it become a crystal ball that would let you see the future—even test what would happen if you chose A over B? One researcher thinks so, and he could soon get a billion euros to build it
New fingerprint- and DNA-identification techniques solve a mystery from a 60-year-old plane crash
By adapting ideas from robotic planetary exploration, the human space program could get astronauts to asteroids and Mars cheaply and quickly
Experience may contribute to mental illness in a surprising way: by causing "epigenetic" changes—ones that turn genes on or off without altering the genes themselves
A spate of floods, droughts and heat waves is prompting city and state leaders to take bold steps to protect their people and property
Strengthening science education is the key to securing our energy future, says Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's president
Battles among ants can be startlingly similar to human military operations
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