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A Black Hole Mystery Wrapped in a Firewall Paradox
This time, they say, Einstein might really be wrong. A high-octane debate has broken out among the world’s physicists...
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The Real Meaning of the Exoplanet Revolution
Until quite recently we knew of only one life-harbouring planet in a single planetary system — adrift within a...
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The Nature Of Consciousness: A Question Without An Answer?
Today I’d like to go back to a topic that leaves most people perplexed, me included: the nature of...
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Zapped Malaria Parasite Raises Vaccine Hopes
A malaria vaccine has become the first to provide 100% protection against the disease, confounding critics and far surpassing...
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Science Journalism and the Art of Expressing Uncertainty
Journalism is filled with examples of erroneous reporting turning into received opinion when reporters, editors, and the public take...
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How 3-D Printing Body Parts Will Revolutionize Medicine
A device the size of an espresso machine quietly whirs to life. The contraption isn’t filled with fresh, pungent...
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The Sun’s Magnetic Field is about to Flip
Something big is about to happen on the sun. According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun’s vast magnetic...
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The Era of Memory Engineering Has Arrived
It’s the premise of every third sci-fi thriller. Man wakes up to his normal seeming life, but of course...
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Neuromorphic computing: The machine of a new soul
ANALOGIES change. Once, it was fashionable to describe the brain as being like the hydraulic systems employed to create...