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Dot Physics
So You’re Underwater: Why Do You See That Circle of Light Above You?
Have you ever sat on the bottom of a swimming pool and pondered your watery ceiling? Most of the surface…
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science
FDA Approves New Covid Vaccines Amid Summer Surge
Amid a summer surge of Covid-19 infections, the US Food and Drug Administration just approved updated mRNA vaccines that more…
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Heal Thyself
The Next Frontier for mRNA Could Be Healing Damaged Organs
On a recent Thursday afternoon, researchers Lanuza Faccioli and Zhiping Hu wheeled an inconspicuous black and white plastic cooler from…
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science
The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It
Moqadi Mokoena had been feeling uneasy all day. When he’d left his home on the outskirts of Johannesburg, South Africa,…
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Extreme Weather
Bayesian Yacht Sinking: Climate Change Created Perfect Storm for Waterspouts
The waterspout blamed for the deadly sinking of a luxury superyacht carrying the British tech billionaire Mike Lynch in Italy…
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appliances
R32 Gas in Inverter ACs: What Causes It To Ignite and Cause Blasts?
The frequency of inverter air conditioning systems (ACs) getting blasted due to their R32 compound, also called R32 gas, (Difluoromethane, CH₂F)…
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jab time
The Covid-19 Summer Wave Is So Big, the FDA Might Release New Vaccines Early
The good news is that given the substantial accumulation of protection from past infections and vaccinations, the two most serious…
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Drilling for Gold
The Quest to Uncover the Secrets of Gold Hydrogen
This story originally appeared on WIRED Italia and has been translated from Italian. In the quest to decarbonize the world,…
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End of the Universe
The Vacuum of Space Will Decay Sooner Than Expected
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Vacuum decay, a process that could end the universe as…
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Mathematics
Physicists Accidentally Stumble On A New Way To Write Pi
Some of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time have happened on accident – or at least, have been discovered…
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