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Why Extraterrestrial Life Might Not Be So Alien
The zoologist Arik Kershenbaum of the University of Cambridge discusses convergent evolution, animal communications and why life throughout the universe may have certain common features. Emily Buder/Quanta Magazine; Luke Wolagiewicz...
Finding Zen in the Art of Puzzle Solving
...color. The round at which this occurs is listed in the second column. The evolution of the pot is shown for each of the six possible card orders for four-card...
Long-Missing Midsize Black Hole Flashes Into View
...drive the evolution of the galaxies they inhabit. Yet astronomers can’t figure out how they got so big. Some appear to have formed as early as 600 million years after...
Iceland’s Eruptions Reveal the Hot History of Mars
...up for a future eruption. Yet little is concretely understood about the origins, evolution and behavior of Mars’ volcanism, which is one reason why researchers are excited to use the...
Amie Wilkinson Sees the Dynamic Chaos in Puff Pastry
...as being the evolution of time, then you can address a question like, “Given the current configuration of our solar system, how long will it take until Mercury goes retrograde?”...
Physicists Identify the Engine Powering Black Hole Energy Beams
...normal evolution” — the plasma swirls around the black hole like water around a drain, and weak, randomly oriented, fluctuating magnetic field lines swirl with it. The turbulence of the...
‘Social’ Mitochondria, Whispering Between Cells, Influence Health
...remember that sociality is a phenomenon with deep evolutionary roots. Bacteria are among the simplest of organisms, yet they exhibit remarkable community behaviors; they can act independently or together, communicating...