Category: 9. Sci/Tech
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The surprising ways Parkinson’s can now be spotted years early
Parkinson’s is the fastest-growing neurological condition in the US, with 90,000 people now diagnosed every year alone – a 50 per cent jump since the mid-1980s. The picture is similar worldwide: a staggering 25 million people are expected to…
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The Mystery of How Quasicrystals Form
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.
Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals have bedeviled physicists and chemists. Their atoms arrange themselves into chains of pentagons, decagons, and…
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Quantum Entanglement Could Improve Communication Networks
Imagine two people on opposite sides of the world want to share confidential information with complete privacy. One promising option is to use quantum entanglement, a strange property of physics in which two particles become so interconnected…
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Why US Power Bills Are Surging
Now, electricity prices are surging in addition to all of the uncorked demand from the Covid-19 pandemic, when the global economic slowdown and pressure from policymakers kept a lid on utility bills.
“I think if we were to repeat this analysis…
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Our Ancestors Used to Make Yogurt Using Live Ants — And the Recipe Still Works
We all have those family recipes that get passed down from generation to generation. From chocolate chip cookies to grandma’s secret spaghetti sauce, these recipes connect us to our past and our loved ones. But some of these family recipes are…
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The Deadliest Spider in the World Ends Lives in Hours, But Its Venom May Inspire Medical Miracles
If you’re going for a stroll in eastern Australia, there’s one spider you don’t want to come across: the Sydney funnel-web spider, otherwise known as the world’s deadliest spider. The venom of this infamous arachnid is strong enough to…
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