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Mistletoes have all but shut down the powerhouses of their cells. Scientists are still trying to understand the plants’ unorthodox survival strategy.
Over the past two years, astronomers have rewritten the story of our galaxy.
An exercise in pure mathematics has led to a wide-ranging theory of how the world comes together.
In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information.
Recent experiments show that particles should be able to go faster than light when they quantum mechanically “tunnel” through walls.
After 44 years, there’s finally a better way to find approximate solutions to the notoriously difficult traveling salesperson problem.
Research hints that the energy-generating organelles of cells may play a surprisingly pivotal role in mediating anxiety and depression.
Astronomers are discovering that magnetic fields permeate much of the cosmos. If these fields date back to the Big Bang, they could solve a major cosmological mystery.
It took Lisa Piccirillo less than a week to answer a long-standing question about a strange knot discovered over half a century ago by the legendary John Conway.