From studies of “geometric frustration,” scientists learn how paper folds under pressure.
What We're Reading
Mar
08
2021
The Latest Wrinkle in Crumple Theory, The New York Times
Feb
18
2021
This Is the First Image Taken by NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover. Now the Hunt for Life Begins, MIT Technology Review
After surviving the descent, the rover sent back this picture from the Martian surface.
A Famous Black Hole Gets a Massive Update, The New York Times
Cygnus X-1, one of the first identified black holes, is much weightier than expected, raising new questions about how such objects form.
Feb
17
2021
Thunderstorms Spew Out Gamma Rays — These Scientists Want to Know Why, Nature
Researchers in Japan are enlisting an army of citizens to explore how storms on Earth create extreme bursts of radiation.
Quantum Network Is Step Towards Ultrasecure Internet, Nature
Experiment connects three devices with entangled photons, demonstrating a key technique that could enable a future quantum internet.
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