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Physics

Dark Energy Tested on a Tabletop

By Maggie McKee
March 31, 2015
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Is dark energy a cosmic chameleon that can fade into its surroundings? A recent test brings the mysterious anti-gravitational force down to earth.

evolution

Did Neurons Evolve Twice?

By Emily Singer
March 25, 2015
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The comb jelly, a primitive marine creature, is forcing scientists to rethink how animals got their start.

particle physics

‘Penguin’ Anomaly Hints at Missing Particles

By Natalie Wolchover
March 20, 2015
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A statistical anomaly in the signal from rare particle decays at the Large Hadron Collider offers hope that new discoveries might be around the corner.

Q&A

Science’s Path From Myth to Multiverse

By Dan Falk
March 17, 2015
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In his latest book, the Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg explores how science made the modern world, and where it might take us from here.

number theory

Mathematicians Chase Moonshine’s Shadow

By Erica Klarreich
March 12, 2015
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Researchers are on the trail of a mysterious connection between number theory, algebra and string theory.

astrophysics

Strange Stars Pulse to the Golden Mean

By Natalie Wolchover
March 10, 2015
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Nature has revealed peculiar mathematical objects that connect order and chaos.

particle physics

In LHC’s Shadow, America’s Collider Awakens

By Natalie Wolchover
March 6, 2015
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The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider fired up for its 15th run to take a deeper look at the building blocks of atoms.

Biology

Killer Virus Is Invading Koala DNA

By Emily Singer
March 4, 2015
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An infection sweeping through Australia’s struggling koala population provides an unprecedented opportunity to explore how retroviruses insert themselves into the genome.

genomics

Genetic Geometry Takes Shape

By Ivan Amato
February 25, 2015
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Inside the cell’s nucleus, the double helix folds up in myriad loops and twists. The quest to unravel this structure is revealing the subtle genetic orchestration of all life on Earth.


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