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Why Adding a Full Hard Drive Can Make a Computer More Powerful

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.“Obviously” is a dangerous word, even in scenarios...

Readers talk science dioramas, an underwater volcano eruption, a zero-less number system

On display Museum experts are exploring how to bring the science dioramas of yore into the...

A new era of testing nukes?

Nancy Shute is editor in chief of Science News Media Group. Previously, she was an editor...

US Cities Seeking to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings Just Got a Big Win in Court

This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Cities looking to eliminate...

3 things to know about the deadly Myanmar earthquake

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake rocked central Myanmar on March 28 at about 12:50 p.m. local time,...

‘Woolly mice’ were just a start. De-extinction still faces many hurdles

Scientists working to unlock the secrets of de-extinction recently announced what they say is a turning point...

Sperm Stem Cells Were Used for the First Time in an Attempt to Restore Fertility

Jaiwen Hsu was an active 11-year-old when he developed pain in his left knee that forced him...

‘Star Wars’ holds clues to making speedier spacecraft in the real world

Aaron Tremper is the editorial assistant for Science News Explores. He has a B.A. in English...

Physicists are mostly unconvinced by Microsoft’s new topological quantum chip

ANAHEIM, CALIF. — At the world’s largest gathering of physicists, a talk about Microsoft’s claimed new type of...

Elite athletes’ poop may hold clues to boosting metabolism

One of the keys to performing like an elite athlete — or at least having the...

Calls to restart nuclear weapons tests stir dismay and debate among scientists

When the countdown hit zero on September 23, 1992, the desert surface puffed up into the air,...

Hikaru Utada Would Rather Play CERN Than Coachella

Schrödinger’s cat, quantum entanglement—the songs on Hikaru Utada’s latest album, Science Fiction, go deeper into the singer-songwriter’s...
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