To make maps of these structures, astronomers turn to individual stars. Each star’s composition records its birthplace,...
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Like any object, black holes take time to grow and form. And like a 6-foot-tall toddler, Fan’s...
Turing’s diagonalization proof is a version of this game where the questions run through the infinite list...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Science routinely puts forward theories, then batters...
Naaman and his team discovered that chiral molecules filter electrons based on the direction of their spin....
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. To catch a glimpse of the subatomic...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. On warm summer nights, green lacewings flutter...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scientists have come to realize that in...