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A mysterious, prehistoric marine creature has spilled its guts. For the first time, scientists have unearthed a fossilized trilobite whose final meals were preserved within [more…]
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Quantum mechanics, a field of study dating back almost a century, is an essential part of fundamental science, serving to describe the behavior of elementary [more…]
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The virus that causes COVID-19 spreads through the air. But just how much virus people breathe out over the course of infection isn’t well-defined. To [more…]
Our Fragile MomentMichael MannPublicAffairs, $30 Over four millennia ago, in the final days of the Akkadian Empire in Mesopotamia, a drought swept over the region, [more…]
For Caribbean box jellyfish, learning is literally a no-brainer. In a new experiment, these animals learned to spot and avoid obstacles despite having no central [more…]
