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The Dirt That Refused To Die
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For 15 years, Sébastien Fontaine has been trying to kill dirt. The...
Key Chemistry Question Answered, No Quantum Computer Required
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What Garnet Chan cares most about is basic science. He entered chemistry...
How We See the Beautiful, Violent Sun
4 days ago
The sun is one of the most studied objects in the history...
When Quiet Undersea Volcanoes Turn Disruptive
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Jonas Preine, a recently minted Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg, squinted...
How Ecotypes Harbor the Genetic Memory of a Species’ Past
11 days ago
When she was a graduate student in the 1970s, the evolutionary biologist...
Two Researchers Are Rebuilding Mathematics From the Ground Up
12 days ago
Let’s start with what’s probably the most tired, overused joke in math...
How Alexander Grothendieck Revolutionized 20th-Century Mathematics
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What Albert Einstein was to 20th-century physics, Alexander Grothendieck was to 20th-century...
What Do Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems Truly Mean?
14 days ago
In 1931, by turning logic on itself, Kurt Gödel proved a pair...
Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids, Failed Supernovas, and Interstellar Visitors
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Over the years, anticipation has built for the start of observations at...
How the Bird Eye Was Pushed to an Evolutionary Extreme
19 days ago
When an optometrist shines a bright light into your eyes, a vast...
How Unknowable Math Can Help Hide Secrets
21 days ago
Mathematicians spend most of their time thinking about what’s knowable. But the...
Will We Ever Be Able To Forecast Volcanic Eruptions Like Weather?
24 days ago
In the summer of 1991, Pinatubo, a volcano in the Philippines, self-destructed...