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May. 17, 2013

Researchers Report Cloning Advance for Producing Stem Cells

Through cloning techniques, researchers created a source of embryonic stem cells genetically identical to a patient.

Insects May Be the Taste of the Next Generation, Report Says

Can entomophagy, the eating of insects, help improve the world’s food resources?

Desktop Diaries: Daniel Kahneman

A visit with psychologist Daniel Kahneman, who won the Nobel Prize in economic sciences in 2002.

Resetting the Theory of Time

Physicist Lee Smolin explains his theory of time, and why the future of physics depends on it.

When Great Scientists Got It Wrong

In Brilliant Blunders, Mario Livio explores colossal errors by science's greatest minds.

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May. 17, 2013

May. 17, 2013

Desktop Diaries: Daniel Kahneman

"I have always emphasized the willingness to discard," says psychologist and Nobel Laureate Daniel Kahneman. That philosophy works on two levels -- forget desk trinkets, Kahneman doesn't have a desk -- and he doesn't hoard ideas either he says.

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