A medieval literary puzzle which has stumped scholars including M.R. James for 130 years has finally been solved. Cambridge scholars…
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Caltech scientists have found a fast and efficient way to add up large numbers of Feynman diagrams, the simple drawings…
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More than 40 years after a woman was stabbed 30 times in her home and killed, cops say they have…
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A rare and bewildering intermediate between crystal and glass can be the most stable arrangement for some combinations of atoms,…
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Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates — these are all signs that our planet is alive. But what is revealed…
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A group of fossils of elasmosaurs — some of the most famous in North America — have just been formally…
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