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    The Tangled History of Big Bang Science

    • By John Farrell

    Diagram outlining the critical stages of evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang to the present.CERN / Flickr Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . For a theory of the universe as successful as the Big Bang, it may come as a surprise to realize how many complications its […]

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    The Split Personality of the Color Yellow

    • By John Farrell

    Why does the color we associate with wholesome things like bananas, sunshine, and honeybees—“the color of hope, joy, and optimism,” according to one of the world’s foremost color experts—also signify the creeping presence of illness and death? Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Not death in the abstract: the […]