Where theory meets chalk, dust flies - A photo survey of the blackboards of mathematicians
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How cities reshape the evolutionary path of urban wildlife
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GM mosquito progeny not dying in Brazil: study
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The problem with sugar-daddy science
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Scientists taught rats to play hide-and-seek with them
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A famous argument against free will has been debunked
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Scientists discover new evidence of the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs
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Sally Floyd, who helped things run smoothly online, dies at 69
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Making new elements doesn’t pay. Just ask this Berkeley scientist.
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The elements
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An ingenious microscope could change how quickly disease is detected
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Why a grape turns into a fireball in a microwave
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The anthropocene is a joke: On geological timescales, human civilization is an event, not an epoch
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A passion for physical realms, minute and massive (2001)
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The human cost of amber - Fossils preserved in sap offer an astonishingly clear view of the distant past, but they come at a high price
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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 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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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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