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    What Happens to Google Maps When Tectonic Plates Move?

    As a writer on physics, I’m always seeking new metaphors for understanding Einstein’s general theory of...

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    A closeup on the flight and longevity of tropical bats

    The ecological success of bats, their almost worldwide distribution, and their phylogenetic diversity is in large...

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    The Speediest Creatures on Earth

    How tiny one-celled protists pull off their strange and marvelous feats. By Kristen French March 14,...

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    The Plight of Japan's AMA Divers

    On the last day of fishing season, Ayami Nakata starts her morning by lighting a small...

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    The End of the Dark Universe?

    Please excuse me for being excited, but this hasn’t happened for more than four decades: Physicists...

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    How Illegal Fishing Ships Hide

    Earlier this year, Bjorn Bergman noticed something odd about a fishing ship off the coast of...

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    Asteroid Defense Gets Serious

    Back in the early 1990s, Dave Tholen, an astronomer at the University of Hawaii, had an...

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    The first observation of humpback whale copulation

    Two photographers in Maui, out on a boat, spotted a pair of humpback whales in January...

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    Could Modified Gravity Kill Planet Nine?

    For eight years, astronomers have hunted for a mysterious “Planet Nine” on the edges of our...

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    ChatGPT Is Funnier Than You

    There are three fundamental rules of humor. Unfortunately, no one can remember what they are. We...

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    The Violent Birth of the Moon

    In the beginning, about 4.6 billion years ago, all was chaos within a cloud of gas...

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    "It's Like You're a Space Explorer Encountering Aliens"

    The gossamer worm is a tiny feathery creature that lives 4,000 feet below the surface of...

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    Cells Across the Body Talk to Each Other About Aging

    Aging can seem like an unregulated process: As time marches along, our cells and bodies inevitably...

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    The Magic of the Blackboard

    In the beginning, there is nothing. Then a stroke of white appears. And another. Characters form....

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    The Dubious Economics of Deep-Sea Mining

    The debate over deep-sea mining has focused almost entirely on environmental impacts: how marvelous communities of...

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    What You Don't Know About Sperm

    Sperm don’t get much respect. They’re little more than a bare-bones package of DNA outfitted with...

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    A peculiar fish and an evolutionary mystery

    Our story begins in 1954, on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in what was then Belgian...

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    Thank Eve for Human Evolution

    In October, at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in England, Cat Bohannon was sporting a pink latex...