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Never Underestimate the Intelligence of Trees

Plants communicate, nurture their seedlings, and get stressed.

October 30, 2019

Are We Flushing Our Resistance to Antibiotics Down the Drain?

Taking account of the drug-resistant germs turning up in rivers and soils.

October 30, 2019

Google and IBM Clash Over Milestone Quantum Computing Experiment

Today Google announced that it achieved “quantum supremacy.” Its chief quantum computing rival, IBM, said it hasn’t. The disagreement hinges on what the term really means.

October 24, 2019

Rock Solid Evidence for Other Earths

A breakthrough in understanding exoplanets.

October 23, 2019

Mathematicians Begin to Tame Wild ‘Sunflower’ Problem

A major advance toward solving the 60-year-old sunflower conjecture is shedding light on how order begins to appear as random systems grow in size.

October 22, 2019

Omniviolence Is Coming and the World Isn’t Ready

Emerging bio-, nano-, and cyber-technologies are enabling criminals to target anyone, anywhere, at scale.

October 21, 2019

On Observation and Imagination

Exploring Galway Kinnell’s poem, “The Gray Heron.”

October 16, 2019

The Implant That Can Control Your Brain

This nanoscale device meshes seamlessly with your neurons.

October 16, 2019