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[:es]The Mystery of Mistletoe’s Missing Genes[:]

Mistletoes have all but shut down the powerhouses of their cells. Scientists are still trying to understand the plants’ unorthodox survival strategy.
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[:es]How Claude Shannon Invented the Future[:]

Today’s information age is only possible thanks to the groundbreaking work of a lone genius.
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[:es]Astronomers Get Their Wish, and a Cosmic Crisis Gets Worse[:]

We don’t know why the universe appears to be expanding faster than it should. New ultra-precise distance measurements have only intensified the problem.
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[:es]The New History of the Milky Way[:]

Over the past two years, astronomers have rewritten the story of our galaxy.
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[:es]How the Slowest Computer Programs Illuminate Math’s Fundamental Limits[:]

The goal of the “busy beaver” game is to find the longest-running computer program. Its pursuit has surprising connections to some of the most profound questions and concepts in mathematics.
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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.