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Why Anti-Corruption Strategies May Backfire
How power and transparency affect efforts to stamp out bribery.
Why Is M-Theory the Leading Candidate for Theory of Everything?
The mother of all string theories passes a litmus test that, so far, no other candidate theory of quantum gravity has been able to match.
Would Twitter Ruin Bee Democracy?
Simple-majority democracy is used by many animals. But they don’t have social media.
What We Get Wrong About Dying
A pediatric oncologist describes the lessons of his practice.
New Bird Species Arises From Hybrids, as Scientists Watch
The rapid, unorthodox emergence of a new finch in the Galápagos hints that speciation isn’t rare. New hybrid species may quietly appear and disappear without anyone noticing.
Neutrinos Suggest Solution to Mystery of Universe’s Existence
Updated results from a Japanese neutrino experiment continue to reveal an inconsistency in the way that matter and antimatter behave.
