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- Mar- 2021 -7 MarchProduct Reviews
Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Reality
Mathematicians were disturbed, centuries ago, to find that calculating the properties of certain curves demanded the seemingly impossible: numbers that,…
Read More » - Feb- 2021 -28 FebruaryScience
A Decades-Long Quest Reveals New Details of Antimatter
It often goes unmentioned that protons, the positively charged matter particles at the center of atoms, are part antimatter. We…
Read More » - 21 FebruaryProduct Reviews
The Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Be Meaningful After All
At a sleep research symposium in January 2020, Janna Lendner presented findings that hint at a way to look at…
Read More » - 14 FebruaryProduct Reviews
Don’t Tell Einstein, but Black Holes Might Have ‘Hair’
Identical twins have nothing on black holes. Twins may grow from the same genetic blueprints, but they can differ in…
Read More » - 7 FebruaryProduct Reviews
What Dust From Space Tells Us About Ourselves
Every year, roughly 10 particles of space dust land on each square meter of Earth’s surface. “That means that they…
Read More » - Jan- 2021 -31 JanuaryScience
How Universes Might Bubble Up and Collide
What lies beyond all we can see? The question may seem unanswerable. Nevertheless, some cosmologists have a response: Our universe…
Read More » - 24 JanuaryScience
The Secret Ingredient That Powers Supernovas
In 1987, a giant star exploded right next to our own Milky Way galaxy. It was the brightest and closest…
Read More » - 17 JanuaryProduct Reviews
The Crooked, Complex Geometry of Round Trips
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if Earth weren’t shaped like a sphere? We take for granted…
Read More » - Dec- 2020 -27 DecemberScience
After Centuries, a Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact Solution
Here’s a simple-sounding problem: Imagine a circular fence that encloses one acre of grass. If you tie a goat to…
Read More » - 20 DecemberScience
The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected
On December 3, humanity suddenly had information at its fingertips that people have wanted for, well, forever: the precise distances…
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