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Health Care Crisis Looms as China Faces Elderly Dementia Upsurge
A growing population of elderly people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia in China threatens to overwhelm the country’s social support systems
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The Sciences
What Makes Congress’s Latest Effort to Curb Science Funding So Dangerous?
A bill making its way through the House Science, Space and Technology Committee would set the country’s science agenda by favoring certain disciplines
Society & Policy
What Is the Big Deal about Powdered Alcohol?
Palcohol could give new meaning to the phrase “dry martini"
Space
How Can Galaxies Move Faster Than the Speed of Light? [Video]
Charles Liu, astrophysicist at the American Museum of Natural History, answers questions submitted to our YouTube Space Lab Channel
Energy
How Can Cities Protect Themselves against Gas Explosions?
Leaks are surprisingly common in aging urban underground pipe networks
Physics
Why Is There Something Instead of Nothing? [Video]
Lawrence Krauss, theoretical physicist at Arizona State University, answers an age-old question.
Health
TV Veteran Miles O'Brien's Case: What Is Acute Compartment Syndrome?
Pressure that built up within a muscle, nerve and blood vessel group in the forearm of the longtime CNN and PBS science correspondent threatened both life and limb
Tech
What Is Bitcoin and Its Current Crisis?
The virtual currency’s once largest exchange, Mt. Gox, has abruptly shut down. A bitcoin expert explains the potential impact
Space
Will Heat from Our Dying Sun Make Mars Habitable? [Video]
Emily Rice, astrophysics researcher at the American Museum of Natural History, answers question submitted to Scientific American's Space Lab channel.
Tech
How Microsoft’s 1 Percenters Balance Basic Research with Short-Term Success
Microsoft Research head Peter Lee talks about keeping his team—about 1 percent of the company’s workforce—focused on the big picture
