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Big Bang Light Reveals Minimum Lifetime of Photons
The notion of the speed of light as the cosmic speed limit is based on the assumption that particles...
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What Makes Something A ‘New’ Language?
For linguists, Light Warlpiri provides a unique opportunity to study the creation of a new language — one that...
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The Omega Point
Jason Silva's latest explores the Omega Point, a term coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin to describe the maximum...
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Mass extinctions: Small but deadly
AS EVERY schoolchild knows, the dinosaurs were wiped out in an instant, when a rock from outer space hit...
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DNA storage: The code that could save civilisation
Neither Ewan Birney nor Nick Goldman can remember exactly how they came up with the idea of storing all...
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Lightning
Summer is the time of mounting cumulus clouds, the sharp claps and growling rumble of thunder, and the shock...
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‘Female’ Chromosome May Play Unexpected Role in Male Biology
Behind every great man, the saying goes, there’s a great woman. And behind every sperm, there may be an...
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The Dark Side Of The Love Hormone Oxytocin
Oxytocin, the feel-good bonding hormone released by physical contact with another person, orgasm and childbirth (potentially encouraging monogamy), might...
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Buckminster Fuller Institute’s “Dymax Redux”
Seventy years after its invention, the Buckminster Fuller Institute has organized a competition challenging graphic designers, visual artists, and...
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Changing View on Viruses: Not So Small After All
There was a time not that long ago when it was easy to tell the difference between viruses and...