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Simple Set Game Proof Stuns Mathematicians
A new series of papers has settled a long-standing question related to the popular game in which players seek patterned sets of three cards. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
How Neanderthal DNA Helps Humanity
Neanderthals and Denisovans may have supplied modern humans with genetic variants that let them thrive in new environments. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
New Support for Alternative Quantum View
An experiment claims to have invalidated a decades-old criticism against pilot-wave theory, an alternative formulation of quantum mechanics that avoids the most baffling features of the subatomic universe. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
New Evidence for the Necessity of Loneliness
A specific set of neurons deep in the brain may motivate us to seek company, holding social species together. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
Tiny Tests Seek the Universe’s Big Mysteries
The search for exotic new physical phenomena is being led by huge experiments like the Large Hadron Collider. But at the other end of the spectrum lie tabletop experiments - small-scale probes of hidden dimensions, dark matter and dark energy. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
A Secret Flexibility Found in Life’s Blueprints
A new study reveals that individual genes can create many different versions of the molecular machinery that powers the cell. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
Physicists Hunt for the Big Bang’s Triangles
The story of the universe's birth - and evidence for string theory - could be found in triangles and myriad other shapes in the sky. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
Debate Intensifies Over Dark Disk Theory
In the new, free-for-all era of dark matter research, the controversial idea that dark matter is concentrated in thin disks is being rescued from scientific oblivion. Read more at QuantaMagazine.org.
Mapping the Brain to Build Better Machines
A project to decipher the brain’s learning rules could revolutionize machine learning.
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