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Entanglement Builds Space-Time. Now “Magic” Gives It...
In holographic theories, physicists may have traced the pliability of space-t...
The Dirt That Refused To Die
Lifelike biochemistry continued to unfold in sterilized soil for six years, p...
Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer...
Do we need quantum computers to fully understand complex chemical reactions? ...
How We See the Beautiful, Violent Sun
Over hundreds of years, increasingly sophisticated instruments have revealed ...
When Quiet Undersea Volcanoes Turn Disruptive
Earth’s largest volcanic system, hidden in mountain chains under the sea, has...
How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’...
Evolutionary biologists are uncovering genomic mechanisms that allow populati...
How Alexander Grothendieck Revolutionized 20th-Centu...
Grothendieck is revered in the world of math; outside of it, he’s known for h...
Two Researchers Are Rebuilding Mathematics From the ...
By replacing the most fundamental concept in topology, Peter Scholze and Dust...
What Do Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems Truly Mean?
At 25, Kurt Gödel proved there can never be a mathematical “theory of everyth...
Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Super...
Astronomers are preparing for a new era of big-data astronomy, and results ar...
How the Bird Eye Was Pushed to an Evolutionary Extreme
The bird retina is one of the most energetically expensive tissues in the ani...
How Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets
A graduate student recently harnessed the complexity of mathematical proofs t...
Will We Ever Be Able To Forecast Volcanic Eruptions ...
It should be possible, but getting there will require a greater understanding...
What Causes Lightning? The Answer Keeps Getting More...
Armed with a slew of new instruments, physicists are closing in on one of nat...
The Hidden Mathematical Dance Inside Plant Cells
The sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing prob...
A Treasure Trove of Cambrian Fossils Rewrites the St...
Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating wind...
