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Biggest Breakthroughs in Biology 2025
2025’s most surprising breakthroughs in biology included a finding that a father’s environmental exposures can impact the development of their offspring, research confirming that intelligence evolved independently in birds and mammals, and a new mathematical model reveals that evolution happens in explosive bursts.
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David Moore: Tabletop Physics
David Moore of Stanford University describes how, inside this chamber, silica spheres probe for distortions of gravity.
The Evolutionary Argument Against Reality
Donald Hoffman explains how our perceptions have evolved to become like a computer interface.
Is That ‘Bump’ a New Particle?
David Kaplan reports on a potentially exciting new signal at the Large Hadron Collider.
David Deamer: How We’re Studying the Origins of Life
David Deamer explains how his laboratory mimics the extreme conditions found on volcanoes in the early Earth.
Michael Atiyah’s Imaginative State of Mind
Michael Atiyah discusses beauty in mathematics.
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David Kaplan explores the best ways to search for alien life on distant planets.
Leslie Valiant: Searching for the Algorithms Underlying Life
Leslie Valiant explains the term “ecorithm.”