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[:es]A Wormhole Between Physics and Education[:]
[:es]The theoretical particle physicist Helen Quinn has blazed a singular path from the early days of the Standard Model to the latest overhaul of science education in the United States.[:]
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[:es]Meet the New Math, Unlike the Old Math[:]
[:es]The latest effort to overhaul math and science education offers a fundamental rethinking of the basic structure of knowledge. But will it be given time to work?[:]
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[:es]Using Mathematics to Repair a Masterpiece[:]
[:es]How new mathematical techniques can be used to revitalize a 650-year-old work of art.[:]
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[:es]Watching Evolution Happen in Two Lifetimes[:]
[:es]The biologists Rosemary and Peter Grant have spent four decades on a tiny island in the Galápagos. Their discoveries reveal how new animal species can emerge in just a few […]
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[:es]The Strange Second Life of String Theory[:]
[:es]String theory has so far failed to live up to its promise as a way to unite gravity and quantum mechanics. At the same time, it has blossomed into one […]
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[:en]Genetic Engineering to Clash With Evolution[:]
[:en]Gene drives promise to spread a trait across an entire population — potentially even eradicating an entire species. But evolutionary forces are going to alter even the best-engineered plans.[:]
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A Seeker of Dark Matter’s Hidden Light
The physicist Tracy Slatyer is searching for faint wisps of dark matter annihilating in the early universe — and perhaps in hiding places closer to home.
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A Unified Theory of Randomness
Researchers have uncovered deep connections among different types of random objects, illuminating hidden geometric structures.
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What No New Particles Means for Physics
Physicists are confronting their “nightmare scenario.” What does the absence of new particles suggest about how nature works?