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We’re More of Ourselves When We’re in Tune with Others

Music reminds us why going solo goes against our better nature.

July 24, 2019

Big Black Holes Found in the Smallest Galaxies

Tiny, dim “dwarf” galaxies have been found to hide gas-spewing black holes.

July 24, 2019

Death & Rebirth in Forests

On the Lives of Trees

July 23, 2019

Quantum Supremacy Is Coming: Here’s What You Should Know

Researchers are getting close to building a quantum computer that can perform tasks a classical computer can’t. Here’s what the milestone will mean.

July 20, 2019

How (Relatively) Simple Symmetries Underlie Our Expanding Universe

Although Einstein’s theory of space-time seems more complicated than Newtonian physics, it greatly simplified the mathematical description of the universe.

July 20, 2019

Data-Driven Discovery Reveals Earth’s Missing Minerals

The quest to uncover the thousands of unknown mineral species.

July 18, 2019

She Rewrote the Moon’s Origin Story

The Apollo missions were a giant leap for science.

July 17, 2019

“You’ll Know Her by Her Foot”

An ornithologist reflects on Emily Dickinson’s “You'll know her by her foot.”

July 16, 2019