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discoveries

AI Algorithms Are Now Shockingly Good at Doing Science

Mar 17, 2019 8:00 AM

neutron stars

Astronomers Think They Can Explain Mysterious Cosmic Bursts

Mar 10, 2019 8:00 AM

wide open sky

As the World Warms, Clouds Could Disappear—Catastrophically

Mar 3, 2019 7:00 AM

physics

Is the Universe a Hologram? Maybe! This Math Trick Shows How

Feb 24, 2019 7:00 AM

nostalgia

How the Brain Keeps Its Memories in the Right Order

Feb 17, 2019 8:00 AM

ancestry

Clues to Our Unknown Ancestors Are Hiding in Our Genome

Feb 10, 2019 8:00 AM

complexity

Neural Networks Need a Cookbook. Here Are the Ingredients

Feb 3, 2019 8:00 AM

holes and poles

A Child’s Puzzle Helped Uncover How Magnets Really Work

Jan 27, 2019 8:00 AM

muons

Exploding Stars May Have Killed Off Prehistoric Predators

Jan 20, 2019 7:00 AM

minerals

Dark Matter Hunters Are Looking Inside Rocks for New Clues

Jan 13, 2019 7:00 AM

qubits

Space and Time Could Be a Quantum Error-Correcting Code

Jan 6, 2019 7:00 AM

computing

It's Not a Myth: Quantum Messages Really Can Travel Faster

Dec 23, 2018 8:00 AM

black holes

Confirmed! Scientists Did See Gravitational Waves (Probably)

Dec 16, 2018 7:00 AM

coin toss

A New Quantum Paradox Flags Errors in Our View of Reality

Dec 9, 2018 7:00 AM

unusual toys

The Collector Who Finds Startling Objects in Plain Sight

Dec 2, 2018 8:00 AM

black holes

Unexpectedly Vanishing Quasars Are Mystifying Scientists

Nov 25, 2018 7:00 AM

DNA Debate

The Evolutionary Importance of Neutral vs. Adaptive Genes

Nov 18, 2018 8:00 AM

superpermutations

How a 4chan Post Helped Solve a 25-Year-Old Math Puzzle

Nov 11, 2018 7:00 AM

Wibble-Wobble

Astronomers Creep to the Edge of the Milky Way’s Black Hole

Nov 4, 2018 10:00 AM

Proved It

A Huge Achievement in Math Shows the Limits of Symmetries

Oct 28, 2018 7:00 AM