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Animation of a neuron that periodically alters its responses to stimuli when it is reset into a new state by another input.
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Artificial Neural Nets Finally Yield Clues to How Brains Learn

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An illustration of a human brain against “pink noise” static.
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Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries

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Blue faults of Cerberus Fossae
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Rumbles on Mars Raise Hopes of Underground Magma Flows

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Illustration of mathematicians descending through a cavern whose walls are lined with polynomials.
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Mathematicians Resurrect Hilbert’s 13th Problem

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Video artwork showing yellow blobs move, merge, split, shrink and enlarge inside a clear cube.
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A Newfound Source of Cellular Order in the Chemistry of Life

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The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes

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A computer simulation of two galaxies colliding.
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The New History of the Milky Way

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Graphical model of a cubic earth.
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Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology

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Illustration of a black hole
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The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End

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Particle going through a barrier
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Quantum Tunnels Show How Particles Can Break the Speed of Light

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An illustration of computer scientists looking down a new road that breaks open a traveling salesperson route.
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Computer Scientists Break Traveling Salesperson Record

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Illustration of anxious woman surrounded by mitochondria.
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Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Health

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Magnetic fields in the universe.
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The Hidden Magnetic Universe Begins to Come Into View

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Graduate Student Solves Decades-Old Conway Knot Problem

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A rogue wave and a sailboat.
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The Grand Unified Theory of Rogue Waves

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Micrograph of a cortical neuron, showing its many dendrites.
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Hidden Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons

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