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[:es]Scientists Pin Down When Earth’s Crust Cracked, Then Came to Life[:]

New data indicating that Earth’s surface broke up about 3.2 billion years ago helps clarify how plate tectonics drove the evolution of complex life.
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[:es]Matrix Multiplication Inches Closer to Mythic Goal[:]

A recent paper set the fastest record for multiplying two matrices. But it also marks the end of the line for a method researchers have relied on for decades to […]
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[:es]Why Extraterrestrial Life May Not Seem Entirely Alien[:]

The zoologist Arik Kershenbaum argues that because some evolutionary challenges are truly universal, life throughout the cosmos may share certain features.
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[:es]A New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s Secrets[:]

An unexpected superconductor was beginning to look like a fluke, but a new theory and a second discovery has revealed that emergent quasiparticles may be behind the effect.
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[:es]Quantum Mischief Rewrites the Laws of Cause and Effect[:]

Spurred on by quantum experiments that scramble the ordering of causes and their effects, some physicists are figuring out how to abandon causality altogether.
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[:es]New Kind of Space Explosion Reveals the Birth of a Black Hole[:]

A supernova-like explosion dubbed the Camel appears to be the result of a newborn black hole eating a star from the inside out.
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[:es]New Algorithm Breaks Speed Limit for Solving Linear Equations[:]

By harnessing randomness, a new algorithm achieves a fundamentally novel — and faster — way of performing one of the most basic computations in math and computer science.
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[:es]Decades-Long Quest Reveals Details of the Proton’s Inner Antimatter[:]

Twenty years ago, physicists set out to investigate a mysterious asymmetry in the proton’s interior. Their results, published today, show how antimatter helps stabilize every atom’s core.
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[:es]Mathematicians Set Numbers in Motion to Unlock Their Secrets[:]

A new proof demonstrates the power of arithmetic dynamics, an emerging discipline that combines insights from number theory and dynamical systems.