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At first glance, it’s a wonder that parasitic nematodes exist at all. To reproduce, these minuscule creatures—roughly the ...

How does one crack the world’s most famous code? The breakthroughs on Kryptos provide a guided tour through the cat and mouse ...

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Quantum echoes” rippling through Google’s quantum computer chip Willow could lead to advances in molecular chemistry and the ...

When the balance in reflectivity shifts, “the whole circulation of the climate will shift in order to transport energy from ...

Massive marches nationwide in the U.S. marked a turn against an increasing acceptance of political violence among protesters, ...

An electronic retinal implant has improved vision in people with age-related macular degeneration—but it isn’t a full ...

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