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Death of beloved polar bear, Knut, solved

ScienceNOW - Posted: August 27th, 2015, 9:00am UTC

Scientists discover that a supposedly human-exclusive disease killed zoo animal

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Podcast: A debunked dragon, progress toward a universal flu vaccine, and more

ScienceNOW - Posted: August 27th, 2015, 4:00am UTC

Listen to a roundup of some of our favorite stories from the week

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Piling it even higher and deeper: Grad school woes earn film sequel

ScienceNOW - Posted: August 27th, 2015, 2:00am UTC

Jorge Cham, the creator of the comic iPHD/i, discusses bringing his graduate school characters to the big screen again for a sequel

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Feature: Why big societies need big gods

ScienceNOW - Posted: August 27th, 2015, 2:00am UTC

A new theory aims to explain the success of world religions—but testing it remains a challenge

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Feature: Turning history into a binary code

ScienceNOW - Posted: August 27th, 2015, 2:00am UTC

Scientists struggle to reach across a disciplinary divide to test a new theory about the evolution of religion

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