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May 19, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Scientists Detect Mysterious Particles Hot on the heels of detecting the two highest-energy neutrinos ever observed, scientists working with a mammoth particle detector buried in ice near the South Pole unveiled preliminary data showing that they also registered the signal of 26 additional high-energy neutrinos.  Continue reading... Carcasses Help Pinpoint Humans' Earliest Use Of Spears Private Mars Mission Weighs Major Decision Sea Butterfly Photos Show Stunning Underwater Biodiversity WATCH: Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon WATCH: Giant Space Rock Headed Our Way Male Bicep Size Linked To Right-Wing Ideology In New Study WATCH: Huge Rock Crashes Into Moon BUSTED: Four Big Myths About Female Attractiveness WATCH: Mesmerizing Magnetic Silly Putty Will Blow Your Mind BUSTED: Four Big Myths About Female Attractiveness Male Bicep Size Linked To Right-Wing Ideology In New Study REBECCA SAXE WATCH: Learning To Read Someone Else's Mind cooperating in large groups is a signature accomplishment of the human brain: among similar species, we are remarkably good at working together and negotiating our differences. Continue reading... STEPHEN M. COAN Let Titanic and Its Victims Rest in Peace The Titanic remains the most haunting maritime disaster in history. But its fate, and those of the 1,500 lost souls on board, should be a call to action for all of us. Maritime history should be preserved and protected, not plundered. Continue reading... MARK E. ROBSON, M.D. The Choice I have been involved in research in this area for 17 years, since shortly after BRCA1 and BRCA2 were discovered, and I have no idea what I would do if I were a woman faced with this decision. The diagnosis of a mutation is just words on paper, but the risks they foreshadow are very real. Continue reading... STANTON PEELE The Search for Mental Illness and Addiction in the Brain, Part I: The Disappointment of the Human Genome Project The ideal image many people had of the genome as a straightforward template that stamps out human beings in a predictable way was, and is, a fantasy. And this is nowhere more evident than in the case of human personality traits and mental illness. Continue reading... VICKI CHANDLER The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment How could we truly distinguish great science from good science? Often, we can't. Nor should we, in many cases -- although journal "impact factors" are being used to try to do just that. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here. Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003