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[:es]Mathematicians Will Never Stop Proving the Prime Number Theorem[:]

[:es]Why do mathematicians enjoy proving the same results in different ways?[:]
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[:es]How the Bits of Quantum Gravity Can Buzz[:]

[:es]New calculations show how hypothetical particles called gravitons would give rise to a special kind of noise. [:]
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[:es]How Earth’s Climate Changes Naturally (and Why Things Are Different Now)[:]

[:es]Earth’s climate has fluctuated through deep time, pushed by these 10 different causes. Here’s how each compares with modern climate change.[:]
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[:es]What Is an Individual? Biology Seeks Clues in Information Theory.[:]

[:es]To recognize strange extraterrestrial life and solve biological mysteries on this planet, scientists are searching for an objective definition for life’s basic units.[:]
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[:es]How Gödel’s Proof Works[:]

[:es]His incompleteness theorems destroyed the search for a mathematical theory of everything. Nearly a century later, we’re still coming to grips with the consequences. [:]
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[:es]The Math of Social Distancing Is a Lesson in Geometry[:]

[:es]How to safely reopen offices, schools and other public spaces while keeping people six feet apart comes down to a question mathematicians have been studying for centuries. [:]
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[:es]How and Why Computers Roll Loaded Dice[:]

[:es]Researchers are one step closer to injecting probability into deterministic machines.[:]
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[:es]How Your Heart Influences What You Perceive and Fear[:]

[:es]The heartbeat and other bodily processes play a surprising role in shaping perception and cognition.[:]
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[:es]The Hidden Magnetic Universe Begins to Come Into View[:]

[:es]Astronomers are discovering that magnetic fields permeate much of the cosmos. If these fields date back to the Big Bang, they could solve a major cosmological mystery. [:]