IntroductionYour grade school teacher probably didn’t show you how to add 20-digit numbers. But if you know how to add smaller numbers, all you...

This year promises to be a bumper one for cicadas given that 2024 marks the first time in more than 200 years that two...

Prineha Narang, a physicist at UCLA who works at the intersection of condensed matter and quantum physics, tells Rob Lea about the challenges of...

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In January 2014 a meteor streaked across the sky above the Western Pacific Ocean. The event was initially linked to a seismic signal that...

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IntroductionComputer scientists are a demanding bunch. For them, it’s not enough to get the right answer to a problem — the goal, almost always,...

IntroductionIt can be hard to tell, at first, when a cell is on the verge of self-destruction. It appears to be going about its usual...

Physicists in the US and China have devised a technique for making reliable measurements of the magnetic properties of materials held under very high...

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IntroductionIt is a truth of both physics and everyday experience that things fall apart. Ice melts. Buildings crumble. Any object, if you wait long...

Bitcoin’s monumental success has inevitably spawned a multitude of imitators. From Bitcoin Cash to Bitcoin Gold, the digital currency landscape is...