Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

SETDA – Mary Ann Wolf

Scott McLeod

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Earlier in the day.

After she won her pink ‘Making It Happen’ jacket!

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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How does cosmic inflation fare when put to the ultimate test?

Cosmic inflation, proposed back in 1980, is a theory that precedes and sets up the hot Big Bang. After thorough testing, is it still valid?

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Perception Box

How record-breaking swimmer Diana Nyad found strength and healing in the water

From anger to awe: How Diana Nyad overcame “debilitating trauma” to conquer a near-impossible 53-hour swim at 64.

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The tiniest, most isolated galaxies grow unstoppably

Scientists just viewed one of the tiniest, most isolated, lowest-mass galaxies ever found with JWST. Despite all odds, it’s still growing.

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Neuropsych

Inside the emerging world of anesthesia “dream therapy”

“The amount of interest is enormous,” says anesthesiologist Boris Heifets. “People are dropping in and coming out of the woodwork, trying to understand how to do this.”

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