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Growing Anomalies at the Large Hadron Collider Raise Hopes
Recent measurements of particles called B mesons deviate from predictions. Alone, each oddity looks like a fluke, but their collective drift is more suggestive.
The Secret History of the Supernova at the Bottom of the Sea
How a star explosion may have shaped life on Earth.
Out-of-Sync ‘Loners’ May Secretly Protect Orderly Swarms
Studies of collective behavior usually focus on how crowds of organisms coordinate their actions. But what if the individuals that don’t participate have just as much to tell us?
A Vision of Our Post-Lockdown Future
China’s health codes allow people to resume their lives with confidence. At what cost?
Welcome Back, Animals!
It’s time to consider how we can have more animals in our daily lives in the city.
The Health Clinic Crisis on Main Street
Community health centers, a lifeline for Americans, are in critical condition.
Egg Laying or Live Birth: How Evolution Chooses
A lizard that both lays eggs and gives birth to live young is helping scientists understand how and why these forms of reproduction evolved.
In Search of Life’s Smoking Gun
A journey to the underwater volcanoes where life may have erupted.
Electrons May Very Well Be Conscious
Panpsychists look at the many degrees of complexity in nature and see no obvious line between mind and no-mind.
‘Milestone’ Evidence for Anyons, a Third Kingdom of Particles
Anyons don’t fit into either of the two known particle kingdoms. To find them, physicists had to erase the third dimension.
