Data from the Webb Space Telescope may hold evidence of ancient "dark stars," which would've been powered by dark matter, not nuclear fusion.
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With gaps in weather balloon data, the National Weather Service didn’t have accurate projections of the worst flooding from ...
While some AI-designed drugs have made it to clinical trials, none of them have been approved. Why has it been harder than ...
While some AI-designed drugs have made it to clinical trials, none of them have been approved. Why has it been harder than experts thought? Plus, in “Mapmatics,” a mathematician tells the stories of ...
In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.
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The authors of “Food Intelligence” answer listener questions and discuss how our food systems make staying healthy an uphill battle.
A nutrition scientist found that the reality show’s contestants’ metabolisms slowed after participating—and didn’t recover.