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[:es]By Losing Genes, Life Often Evolved More Complexity[:]

[:es]Recent major surveys show that reductions in genomic complexity — including the loss of key genes — have successfully shaped the evolution of life throughout history.[:]
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[:es]An Unexpected Twist Lights Up the Secrets of Turbulence[:]

[:es]Having solved a central mystery about the “twirliness” of tornadoes and other types of vortices, William Irvine has set his sights on turbulence, the white whale of classical physics.[:]
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[:es]Mathematicians Report New Discovery About the Dodecahedron[:]

[:es]Three mathematicians have resolved a fundamental question about straight paths on the 12-sided Platonic solid.[:]
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[:es]How Close Are Computers to Automating Mathematical Reasoning?[:]

[:es]AI tools are shaping next-generation theorem provers, and with them the relationship between math and machine.[:]
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[:es]How Physics Found a Geometric Structure for Math to Play With[:]

[:es]Symplectic geometry is a relatively new field with implications for much of modern mathematics. Here’s what it’s all about.[:]
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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.[:]