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Why Black Hole Interiors Grow (Almost) Forever
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . Leonard Susskind, a pioneer of string theory, the holographic principle, and other big physics ideas spanning the past half-century, has proposed a solution to an important puzzle about black holes. The problem is that even though these mysterious, invisible spheres appear to stay […] -
Yuval Noah Harari Is Worried About Our Souls
The big-data makeover of humanity could be a recipe for disaster. -
What Defines a Stem Cell?
Our cells have more diverse regenerative capabilities than anyone expected. -
Iron Is the New Cholesterol
Elevated iron is at the center of a web of disease stretching from cancer to diabetes. -
What a Newfound Kingdom Means for the Tree of Life
Reprinted with permission from Quanta Magazine’s Abstractions blog. Nautilus Members enjoy an ad-free experience. Log in or Join now . The tree of life just got another major branch. Researchers recently found a certain rare and mysterious microbe called a hemimastigote in a clump of Nova Scotian soil. Their subsequent analysis of its DNA revealed that it was neither animal, plant, […]
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Why We Love Dinosaurs
If museums of natural history are temples to science, dinosaurs are their shrines.
