A better butterfly effect
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If just a few twists to the story line didn't take place, Bob Mason would still have Manny Fernandez under his watch.
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A simple question yields a surprising answer.
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Here's a smart way to take advantage of what isn't working.
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It would be a lot easier to enjoy your life if there weren't so many things trying to kill you every day. Shadowed by peril as we are, you would think we'd get pretty good at distinguishing the risks likeliest to do us in from the ones that are statistical long shots. But you would be wrong, and it's almost certainly something we can learn to do better.
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A few little changes in behavior can reap big savings.
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The ability to manipulate matter on a tiny scale could lead to environmental breakthroughs. Billions of dollars are being spent, but the most exciting green nanoproducts are still on the drawing boards.
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The road to greater return and less risk.
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Subtle effects of global warming, silk stockings for spiders, springtime on Uranus and more.
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An electronic device that uses spinach to convert light into electrical charge has been developed by US researchers. Shuguang Zhang at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, and research collaborators
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Metal bats have a magical quality. They can turn warning-track fly balls into home runs and pop-ups into hits.
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For your inner entomologist: Insects that appear plucked from a future in which artificial intelligence has triumphed over the natural world.
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One simple move can bring higher returns with lower risk.
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Some believe that simpler rules may be more effective than computer models when it comes to protecting the environment.
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Why the physics of small caps lead to greater returns.
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Bigger is better -- at least right now. Here's a smart way to play the large-cap bounce-back.
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New software that replicates the way a fly sees could help the next generation of cameras pick out details obscured by movement or washed out by variations in light levels.
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Researchers find way to make tiny structures emit different wavelengths of light.