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Weird ‘Time Crystals’ Are Made Visible at Last

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A new book explores the link between film giant Kodak and the atomic bomb

Tales of Militant ChemistryAlice LovejoyUniv. of California Press, $27.95 Despite the digitalization…

Good immune health may come at the expense of chronic inflammation

The immune system may be even more complicated than we thoughtCorona Borealis…

COVID Deaths Decline, but Vaccine Access Remains Uneven in the U.S.

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Covid-19 vaccine benefits worth up to $38 trillion in first year alone

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Freaky ‘’Rubber Hand’ Illusion’ Works on Octopuses, Too

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What it’s like to run the world’s best dark matter detector

Chamkaur Ghag is one of the leaders of the LUX-ZEPLIN experiment, a…

Mondays Really Are More Stressful on the Brain and Body

For decades the term “Monday blues” has been shorthand for the collective…

Modular nuclear reactors sound great, but won’t be ready any time soon

A proposed Xe-100 plant in the US from X-Energy uses similar technology…