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Photo of one of the Russian sturgeon-paddlefish hybrids called sturddlefish.
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Extra DNA May Make Unlikely Hybrid Fish Possible

By Christie Wilcox
August 5, 2020
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The unintentional creation of “sturddlefish” hybrids may illuminate the genomic mechanisms that govern whether species can interbreed.

The cyclic universe.
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Big Bounce Simulations Challenge the Big Bang

By Charlie Wood
August 4, 2020
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Detailed computer simulations have found that a cosmic contraction can generate features of the universe that we observe today.

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Why Are Plants Green? To Reduce the Noise in Photosynthesis.

By Rodrigo Pérez Ortega
July 30, 2020
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Plants ignore the most energy-rich part of sunlight because stability matters more than efficiency, according to a new model of photosynthesis.

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How Physics Found a Geometric Structure for Math to Play With

By Kevin Hartnett
July 29, 2020
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Symplectic geometry is a relatively new field with implications for much of modern mathematics. Here’s what it’s all about.

Center of the Milky Way
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An Alternative to Dark Matter Passes Critical Test

By Charlie Wood
July 28, 2020
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Modified gravity theories have never been able to describe the universe’s first light. A new formulation does.

Visualization of the distribution of prime numbers in the shape of colorful dots in a hexagonal pattern
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Mathematicians Will Never Stop Proving the Prime Number Theorem

By Susan D'Agostino
July 22, 2020
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Why do mathematicians enjoy proving the same results in different ways?

An ice sheet stretching into the distance.
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How Earth’s Climate Changes Naturally (and Why Things Are Different Now)

By Howard Lee
July 21, 2020
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Earth’s climate has fluctuated through deep time, pushed by these 10 different causes. Here’s how each compares with modern climate change.

Gödel’s incompleteness theorems.
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How Gödel’s Proof Works

By Natalie Wolchover
July 14, 2020
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His incompleteness theorems destroyed the search for a mathematical theory of everything. Nearly a century later, we’re still coming to grips with the consequences.

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How and Why Computers Roll Loaded Dice

By Stephen Ornes
July 8, 2020
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Researchers are one step closer to injecting probability into deterministic machines.


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