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A powerful urge to understand the emergence of the cosmos or even life itself fuels the scientific enterprise
Where do rainbows come from? What about flying cars, love and LSD?
Cosmologists are closing in on the ultimate processes that created and shaped the universe
Fresh clues hint at how the first living organisms arose from inanimate matter
The first step in figuring out how the human mind arose is determining what distinguishes our mental processes from those of other creatures
The information age began with the realization that machines could emulate the power of minds
The Origin of Cubicles and the Open-Plan Office
Wall-free office spaces did not quite work out the way their utopian inventors intended
The Origin of Fruit Ripening
A gaseous plant hormone turns off anti-ripening genes, enabling fruit to mellow--and taste good
The Origin of Scientific American
A week of origins, starting with our own back in the 19th century
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