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We may be close to rediscovering thousands of texts that had been lost for millennia. Their contents may reshape how we understand the Ancient World.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-physics-of-cold-water-may-have-jump-started-complex-life-20240724/
When seawater gets cold, it gets viscous. This fact could explain how single-celled ocean creatures became multicellular when the planet was frozen during “Snowball Earth,” according to experiments.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/with-digital-twins-the-doctor-will-see-you-now-20240726/
By creating digital twin of your circulatory system, Amanda Randles wants to bring unprecedented precision to medical forecasts.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-s-matrix-is-the-oracle-physicists-turn-to-in-times-of-crisis-20240523/#comments
Particle physicists in search of the next theory of reality are consulting a mathematical structure that they know will never fail: a table of possibilities known as the S-matrix.
https://www.quantamagazine.org/across-a-continent-trees-sync-their-fruiting-to-the-sun-20240618/
European beech trees more than 1,500 kilometers apart all drop their fruit at the same time in a grand synchronization event now linked to the summer solstice.
https://academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/article/3/4/pgae112/7626940?login=false
https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2024/animal-patterns-spots-stripes-explained-turing-mechanism
More than 70 years ago, mathematician Alan Turing proposed a mechanism that explained how patterns could emerge from bland uniformity. Scientists are still using his model — and adding new twists — to gain a deeper understanding of animal markings.
https://aeon.co/essays/the-strange-and-turbulent-global-world-of-ant-geopolitics
Over the past four centuries quadrillions of ants have created a strange and turbulent global society that shadows our own
https://github.com/kevinbentley/Descent3
Descent 3 by Outrage Entertainment. Contribute to kevinbentley/Descent3 development by creating an account on GitHub.
https://www.earth.com/news/dark-matter-does-not-exist-universe-27-billion-years-old-study/
The fabric of the cosmos, as we understand it, comprises three primary components: 'normal matter,' 'dark energy,' and 'dark matter.'