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The Case for Professors of Stupidity
The greatest problem facing the world today is a rule system.
Paradox Is Illuminating the Black Hole
How reconciling opposites is driving the science of black holes forward.
Stable Perception in the Adult Brain
Neurons return to their original state after a change.
Gene Drives Reach Mammals
A new genetic technology that can quickly change entire populations gets broader.
How Nearby Stellar Explosions Could Have Killed Off Large Animals
A new study suggests that subatomic particles called muons streamed through the atmosphere and fatally irradiated megafauna like the monster shark megalodon.
How Black Holes Nearly Ruined Time
Quantum mechanics rescued our understanding of past and future from the black hole.
Surprising Network Activity in the Immature Brain
Developing brain networks act locally to build globally.
Why the Brain Is So Noisy
The surprising importance of spontaneous order and noise to how we think.
