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China's successful antisatellite-missle test Jan. 11 carries potential implications for the international community, which has collectively placed at least 316 satellites within the missile's proven range (528 more orbiters, such as GPS and early-warning satellites, fly even higher). At issue are military surveillance satellites--the very...
So how do babies bridge the gap between knowing squat and drawing triangles--a task Daniel's sister Lois, 2 1/2, is happily tackling as she waits for her brother? "Babies have to learn everything, but as Piaget was saying, they start with a few primitive reflexes that get things...
All the natural history required to understand consciousness is now readily available in evolutionary biology and psychology. Gene networks organize themselves to produce complex organisms whose brains permit behavior; further evolution enriches the complexity of those brains so that they can create sensory and motor maps that represent the environments...
Elena Kagan, the dean of Harvard Law School, has joined over 100 leaders of other law schools around the country in signing a statement denouncing comments made by a senior government official who suggested that corporations should shun law firms that represent suspected terrorists.
It's a summit that nobody wants much except the Americans. Palestinians, in particular, gripe that Rice is dragging them to it. They say Rice only wants to show Arab moderates-whom the U.S. needs to help repair the chaos in Iraq-that the Bush Administration is keen to make...