Jess Wade: The magic of mirror molecules and incredible nanostructures
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The mathematician’s guide to dating and finding the perfect partner
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Space Photos of the Week: Polychromatic Views of the Earth
Thursday, April 22, was the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. So it’s a great time…
Correlation or causation? Mathematics can finally give us an answer
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Life’s other mystery: Why biology’s building blocks are so lop-sided
Most molecules exist in mirror-image forms, and yet life prefers one over the other. How…
Neutrinos may explain why we don’t live in an antimatter universe
By Leah Crane A conceptual image of neutrinos Mehau Kulyk/Science Photo Library We are getting…
We may have spotted a parallel universe going backwards in time
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Baffling 500-page ABC maths proof to be published after eight-year row
By Donna Lu It isn’t this simple YAY Media AS/Alamy After a saga eight years…
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered that hydrogen dominates our universe, finally gets the recognition she deserves…
We now know what causes wine ‘legs’ to drip down inside a glass
By Layal Liverpool Wine ‘legs’ are caused by a shockwave in your wineglass Gilaxia/Getty Images…