The math of Emil Konopinski
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Anglerfish are increasingly being captured on video, revealing an array of surprising behaviors
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World’s largest nuclear fusion experiment clears milestone: ITER on track to begin operations in 2025
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Accuracy of genotyping chips called into question
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Watch the Ridgecrest earthquake shatter the desert floor in stunning before-and-after images
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Whistling while they work: Cooperative laguna dolphins have a unique accent
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How White nationalists see what they want to see in DNA tests
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Researchers eliminated HIV from the genomes of living animals, for the first time
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Scientists have managed to restore circulation and cellular functions in pig brains hours after death, which raises questions about our understanding of what it means to die
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Ditch the GPS. It’s ruining your brain.
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How do meteorologists work out the weather forecast? And how far into the future can they go?
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Murray Gell-Mann, who peered at particles and saw the universe, dies at 89
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New batlike dinosaur was early experiment in flight
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Bad evidence: Ten years after a landmark study blew the whistle on junk science, the fight over forensics rages on
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Giant pandas are macronutritional carnivores - A new study shows that the nutrient profile of the bear’s all-bamboo diet is much closer to that of a typical meat eater
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This is your brain on nationalism
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Biosphere 2 - The lost history of one of the world’s strangest science experiments
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The cataclysmic break that (maybe) occurred in 1950
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The Iranian spider-tailed viper preys on birds by luring them with a spider-shaped bulge on its tail
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The Hitler Beetle and other oddities of scientific naming
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A rare trio of bald eagles — two dads, one mom — are raising eaglets together in one nest
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A mysterious infection, spanning the globe in a climate of secrecy
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Battery reality: There’s nothing better than lithium-ion coming soon
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Some cancers become contagious
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A magician explains why we see what’s not there
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An elusive whale is found all around the world
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What if you could diagnose diseases with a tampon?
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HIV is reported cured in a second patient, a milestone in the global AIDS epidemic
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A whale’s afterlife
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Zebra stripes prevent biting flies from making controlled landings
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The devastating allure of medical miracles
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Did capital punishment create morality?
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Scientists are totally rethinking animal cognition
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The case for transmissible Alzheimer's grows
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White-tailed spiders may be Australia's most misunderstood animals, caught in a tangled web of myth and hysteria. We take a closer look.
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What does any of this have to do with physics?
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When leaders are bullies
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The world's oldest person: Guinness, 122-year-old Jeanne Calment and a Russian conspiracy theory
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Some plants “hear” through flowers. A study found petals vibrated in response to recordings of a bee’s wingbeats, leading plants to sweeten their nectar.
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It's the end of the gene as we know it
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The world’s oldest woman was 122 when she died. A researcher believes that her daughter assumed her identity in the 1930s to avoid inheritance taxes.
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The mad scramble to claim the world's most coveted meteorite
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How do you feel what you can't touch? Scientists crack the nerve code.
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Why smart people are vulnerable to putting tribe before truth
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A break in the quest for the quantum speed limit
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A break in the quest for the quantum speed limit
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At Yale, we conducted an experiment to turn conservatives into liberals. The results say a lot about our political divisions.
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Is science stagnant? Despite vast increases in the time and money spent on research, scientific progress is barely keeping pace with the past
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Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’
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The genius neuroscientist who might hold the key to true AI
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