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[:es]Giant blobs nestled deep in the Earth may influence everything from the structure of island chains to mass-extinction events. [:]

[:es]A study challenged the evidence for the mysterious antigravitational force known as dark energy. Then cosmologists shot back. [:]

[:es]Mathematicians regard the Collatz conjecture as a quagmire and warn each other to stay away. But now Terence Tao has made more progress than anyone in decades.[:]

[:es]By considering simple symmetries, physicists working on the “bootstrap” have rederived the four known forces. “There’s just no freedom in the laws of physics,” said one.[:]

[:es]New studies help to explain how microbes in the gut can shape a host’s fear responses. [:]

[:es]New research makes a molecular connection between the brain and aging — and shows that overactive neurons can shorten life span.[:]

[:es]Physicists have long searched for hypothesized dark matter particles called WIMPs. Now, focus may be shifting to the axion — an ultra-lightweight particle whose existence would solve two mysteries at […]

[:es]A surprisingly youthful estimate of the age of the rings has stirred a backlash. At stake is our best clue for understanding where the rings came from in the first […]

[:es]After millions of games, machine learning algorithms found creative solutions and unexpected new strategies that could transfer to the real world.[:]