The metric system revolutionized the world and simplified how we measure things. But one part of our lives never quite got the metric treatment – time. The reason...
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Henrietta Lacks died of cancer in 1951, but her cells mysteriously kept on living. Since then her “immortal” cell line has been the cornerstone of medical...
If we are ever going to return the atmosphere to pre-industrial levels, we have to take out some of the carbon we’ve already put into the sky. Still, carbon...
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Plagues of locusts have been a pestilence since biblical times. But swarm behavior is a fascinating survival tool that many species engage in, and as scientists are...