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Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 5
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Perpetual Peace
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Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 4
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Anomalous Events That Can Shake One’s Skepticism to the Core
I just witnessed an event so mysterious that it shook my skepticism -
Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 3
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How the Survivor Bias Distorts Reality
How the survivor bias distorts reality -
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Energy & Sustainability
Act on Climate Change, but Tackle Other Global Problems, Too
Should action on the climate be just another line item in the budget? -
Scientific American Volume 311, Issue 1
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The American Dream of Income Equality Still Lives
The American dream is not dead yet -
Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 6
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Will Mutual Assured Destruction Continue to Deter Nuclear War?
Does deterrence prohibit the total abolishment of nuclear weapons? -
Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 5
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Naughty or Nice? When Does It Begin?
Before all learning, an infant's mind has a sense of right and wrong -
Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 4
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What Science Tells Us about Why We Lie
When are we most (and least) likely to lie? -
Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 3
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Can an Atheist Be in Awe of the Universe?
What does the magnificence of the universe have to do with God? -
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Can an Atheist Be in Awe of the Universe?
What does the magnificence of the universe have to do with God? -
Scientific American Volume 310, Issue 1
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Where Do Nonhuman Mammals Fit in Our Moral Hierarchy?
Where do nonhuman mammals fit in our moral hierarchy? -
Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 6
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Is God Dying?
The decline of religion and the rise of the “nones” -
Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 5
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A Tale of Tax Returns and Tax Scams
How weird beliefs can land you in jail -
Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 4
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Why We Should Choose Science over Beliefs
Ideology needs to give way -
Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 3
Mind & Brain
The Danger for Scientists of Keeping an Open Mind
Why great scientists make great mistakes -
Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 2
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The 5 Myths of Terrorism—Including That It Works
Why terror doesn't work -
Scientific American Volume 309, Issue 1
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How Beliefs in Extraterrestrials and Intelligent Design Are Similar
Arguments of divine intervention—alien or otherwise—start with ignorance -
Scientific American Volume 308, Issue 6
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Searching for the True Sources of Crime
Where neuroscience meets criminology -
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The Science of Guns Proves Arming Untrained Citizens Is a Bad Idea
How data can help clarify the gun-control debate -
Scientific American Volume 308, Issue 4
Mind & Brain
Why a Near-Death Experience Isn’t Proof of Heaven
Did a neurosurgeon go to heaven?
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