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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.
