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The Most Important Day of the 21st Century
One day, sometime around the middle of this century, during the lifetime of people now alive, the population of...
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Why we need to bring nature back into cities
There is an optimistic view of the unprecedented migration we are witnessing from rural to urban areas, and it’s...
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Funny Things Happen When Space And Time Vanish
Of the many mysteries of modern physics, few compare to “nonlocality” in quantum physics. Nonlocality means that far away...
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Are There Really as Many Neurons in the Human Brain as Stars in the Milky Way?
This is a phrase a lot of science communicators like to use because giving people a sense of scale...
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Waiting for the Revolution
In the early 1970s, David J. Gross exposed the hidden structure of the atomic nucleus. He helped to reinvent...
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What Neurons Look Like (as Drawn by Students, Grad Students, and Professors)
What would you draw if somebody told you to draw a neuron? According to a new study, your sketch...
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How to test Weinstein’s provocative theory of everything
Physicists have a problem, and they will be the first to admit it. The two mathematical frameworks that govern...
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Zoology and Religion: The Work of Alister Hardy
The Human Context Of Alister Hardy’s Thought Professor Sir Alister Clavering Hardy FRS (1896-1985) was Head of the Zoology...
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Hot Climate Scientists in Cool Places
Ecology is the new theology and women in climate science rock! “Climate Wake-Up” was the title of Connie’s and...
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Antarctica
Guggenheim Fellow Erika Blumenfeld was artist-in-residence on a six-week expedition to Antarctica. This month's Visual Explorations seeks to awaken...
