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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps…
In the closing moments of Monday’s flight, Starship flexed its flaps to perform a “dynamic banking maneuver” over the Indian…
Comet 3I/Atlas continues to be full of surprises. As well as being only the third interstellar object ever detected, new…
Covid-19 vaccines are about to become widely available again across the United States, following several weeks of confusion around who…
A recent study of Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons, has detected several organic compounds that had never been recorded there…
“In their rush to move quickly, they are adding to the long-term collision hazard,” McKnight said.The deputy head of China’s…
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals have…
Africa needs energy. Nearly 600 million Africans—half the continent’s population—are without electricity, largely because of the continent’s limited distribution network,…
On the right side, kB is called the Boltzman constant, and omega (Ω) is the number of possible “microstates.” Let…
It’s a cute little town. I’d love to go back and spend more time, but no, it was just, “Let’s…