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[:es]Physicists Create a Holographic Wormhole Using a Quantum Computer[:]

The unprecedented experiment explores the possibility that space-time somehow emerges from quantum information, even as the work’s interpretation remains disputed.
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[:es]The Brain Uses Calculus to Control Fast Movements[:]

Researchers discover that to sharpen its control over precise maneuvers, the brain uses comparisons between control signals — not the signals themselves.
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[:es]AI Reveals New Possibilities in Matrix Multiplication[:]

[:es]Inspired by the results of a game-playing neural network, mathematicians have been making unexpected advances on an age-old math problem.[:]
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[:es]The Gut Microbiome Helps Social Skills Develop in the Brain[:]

New research in fish suggests that gut microbes can have a crucial early influence on the brain’s social development.
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[:es]New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI[:]

An energy-efficient chip called NeuRRAM fixes an old design flaw to run large-scale AI algorithms on smaller devices, reaching the same accuracy as wasteful digital computers.
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[:es]How Supergenes Fuel Evolution Despite Harmful Mutations[:]

Supergenes that lock inherited traits together are widespread in nature. Recent work shows that their blend of genetic benefits and risks for species can be complex.
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[:es]Ocean Bacteria Reveal an Unexpected Multicellular Form[:]

[:es]Marine bacteria normally seen as single cells join together as a “microscopic snow globe” to consume bulky floating carbohydrates.[:]
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[:es]Brightest-Ever Space Explosion Reveals Possible Hints of Dark Matter[:]

[:es]A recent gamma-ray burst known as the BOAT — “brightest of all time” — appears to have produced a high-energy particle that shouldn’t exist. For some, dark matter provides the […]
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[:es]Experiments Spell Doom for Decades-Old Explanation of Quantum Weirdness[:]

[:es]Physical-collapse theories have long offered a natural solution to the central mystery of the quantum world. But a series of increasingly precise experiments are making them untenable. [:]