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[:es]The Crooked Geometry of Round Trips[:]

[:es]Imagine if we lived on a cube-shaped Earth. How would you find the shortest path around the world?[:]
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[:es]New Quantum Algorithms Finally Crack Nonlinear Equations[:]

[:es]Two teams found different ways for quantum computers to process nonlinear systems by first disguising them as linear ones.[:]
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[:es]The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes[:]

[:es]Mistletoes have all but shut down the powerhouses of their cells. Scientists are still trying to understand the plants’ unorthodox survival strategy.[:]
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[:es]How Claude Shannon Invented the Future[:]

[:es]Today’s information age is only possible thanks to the groundbreaking work of a lone genius.[:]
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[:es]Astronomers Get Their Wish, and a Cosmic Crisis Gets Worse[:]

[:es]We don’t know why the universe appears to be expanding faster than it should. New ultra-precise distance measurements have only intensified the problem. [:]
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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.[:]