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[:es]After Centuries, a Seemingly Simple Math Problem Gets an Exact Solution[:]

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[:]

The simple insight that most changes are random had a profound effect on genetics, evolution and ecology.
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[:es]A New Theorem Maps Out the Limits of Quantum Physics[:]

The result highlights a fundamental tension: Either the rules of quantum mechanics don’t always apply, or at least one basic assumption about reality must be wrong.
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[:es]New Fish Data Reveal How Evolutionary Bursts Create Species[:]

In three bursts of adaptive change, one species of cichlid fish in Lake Tanganyika gave rise to hundreds.
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[:es]Did Viruses Create the Nucleus? The Answer May Be Near.[:]

An unorthodox symbiotic theory about the origin of eukaryotes’ defining characteristic may soon be put to the test.
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[:es]Contemplating the End of Physics[:]

Has physics reached the limits of what we can discover — or are the possibilities only just beginning?
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[:es]The Search for Dark Matter Is Dramatically Expanding[:]

Physicists plan to leave no stone unturned, checking whether dark matter tickles different types of detectors, nudges starlight, warms planetary cores or even lodges in rocks.
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[:es]Scientists Uncover the Universal Geometry of Geology[:]

An exercise in pure mathematics has led to a wide-ranging theory of how the world comes together.
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[:es]Scientists Find Vital Genes Evolving in Genome’s Junkyard[:]

Even genes essential for life can be caught in an evolutionary arms race that forces them to change or be replaced.