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[:es]The New History of the Milky Way[:]

[:es]Over the past two years, astronomers have rewritten the story of our galaxy.[:]
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[:es]How the Slowest Computer Programs Illuminate Math’s Fundamental Limits[:]

[:es]The goal of the “busy beaver” game is to find the longest-running computer program. Its pursuit has surprising connections to some of the most profound questions and concepts in mathematics. […]
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[:es]After Centuries, a Seemingly Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact Solution[:]

[:es]Mathematicians have long pondered the reach of a grazing goat tied to a fence, only finding approximate answers until now.[:]
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[:es]How Neutral Theory Altered Ideas About Biodiversity[:]

[:es]The simple insight that most changes are random had a profound effect on genetics, evolution and ecology.[:]
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[:es]A New Theorem Maps Out the Limits of Quantum Physics[:]

[:es]The result highlights a fundamental tension: Either the rules of quantum mechanics don’t always apply, or at least one basic assumption about reality must be wrong. [:]
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[:es]New Fish Data Reveal How Evolutionary Bursts Create Species[:]

[:es]In three bursts of adaptive change, one species of cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika gave rise to hundreds.[:]
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[:es]Did Viruses Create the Nucleus? The Answer May Be Near.[:]

[:es]An unorthodox symbiotic theory about the origin of eukaryotes’ defining characteristic may soon be put to the test.[:]
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[:es]Contemplating the End of Physics[:]

[:es]Has physics reached the limits of what we can discover — or are the possibilities only just beginning?[:]
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[:es]The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding[:]

[:es]Physicists plan to leave no stone unturned, checking whether dark matter tickles different types of detectors, nudges starlight, warms planetary cores or even lodges in rocks.[:]