Environment
Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps
A more detailed understanding of the natural anti-insect protections of tomato plants can lead to better pest-management strategies
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Physics
Physicists discover the secret to perfect cacio e pepe pasta
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Physics
Bizarre test shows light can actually cast its own shadow
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Physics
Jets of liquid bounce off hot surfaces without ever touching them
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Physics
What is the price of genius, asks biography of Roger Penrose
Culture
Physics
Heat can flow backwards in a gas so thin its particles never touch
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Physics
Rich biography of Marie Curie shows how she helped women into science
Culture
Mind
The free-energy principle: Can one idea explain why everything exists?
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Physics
Tiniest ‘ruler’ ever measures distances as small as an atom’s width
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Physics
We physicists could learn a lot by stepping beyond our specialisms
A recent atomic physics workshop was outside my dark matter comfort zone, but learning about science beyond my usual boundaries was invigorating, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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Physics
Can we solve quantum theory’s biggest problem by redefining reality?
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Physics
How strange ice could form in the extremely hot interiors of planets
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Physics
A slight curve helps rocks make the biggest splash
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Physics
How to unsnarl a tangle of threads, according to physics
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