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Rats Learned to Hide and Seek. Scientists Learned Way More., The Atlantic
To study something as freewheeling, spontaneous, and variable as play, researchers had to get creative.
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Why Scientists Are Turning Molecules Into Music, Smithsonian Magazine
Converting DNA sequences and particle vibrations into notes allows researchers to recognize unseen patterns and create songs for outreach.
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We Finally Have an Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of the Milky Way, Science News
The behemoth, Sagittarius A*, appears as a faint shadow surrounded by glowing material.
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A New Option for Neutral-Atom Quantum Computing, Physics
Two independent teams show that neutral ytterbium-171 atoms can be trapped and used for quantum information processing, bringing quantum computers based on this platform a step closer to reality.
