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The Executioner We Can’t Live Without
You’re dead meat without special molecules that kill rotten proteins.
The Amazing, Autotuning Sandpile
A simple mathematical model of a sandpile shows remarkably complex behavior.
How a Snowflake Turns Into an Avalanche
Meet the avalanche engineers of the Subzero Laboratory.
Ingenious: Helen Fisher
Talking sex, brains, and commitment with the best-selling scientist of love.