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To Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget…
Imagine you visit a maze with some friends. You emerge from the exit shortly after going in, and wait around for…
The Chemistry behind Bourbon
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest…
Ho’oleilana, a Billion-Light-Year-Wide Bubble of…
Cosmic cartographer Brent Tully was inspecting his team’s latest high-precision maps of the positions and motions…
Song of the Stars, Part 2: Seeing in the Dark
Timmy Broderick: Okay, Jason, who and what am I listening to?
Jason Drakeford: This is Wanda Díaz-Merced. She…
The Complete Human Y Chromosome Marks an…
For many years, the human Y chromosome was terra incognita. Scientists completed the genetic sequences of other…
Streetlights Are Mysteriously Turning Purple.…
American cities and towns started switching their streetlights from sodium lamps to LEDs about 15 years ago, which…
The Secret to Beetles’ Unfathomable Diversity
When a theologian asked J.B.S. Haldane what he could infer about the mind of God from studying the natural world,…
Flesh-Eating Bacteria Infections Are on the Rise…
Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it’s a growing – and potentially fatal –…
Your Body Odor Could Be Used to Track Your…
The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest…
Limiting Global Warming to 1.5 Degrees C…
CLIMATEWIRE | Capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius is still possible, but requires steep cuts in the…