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The Physics of Wile E. Coyote’s 10 Billion-Volt Electromagnet Jan 12, 2022

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The famous cartoon schemer has an ingenious plan to lure Bugs Bunny out of his hole—and it involves a giant magnet and an iron carrot.

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Covid Will Become Endemic. The World Must Decide What That Means Jan 11, 2022

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The task of 2022 will be figuring out how much action we’re willing to take and how much disease and death we’ll tolerate.

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To Fight Climate Change, First You Need to Measure It Jan 10, 2022

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Scientists at the UK’s National Physical Laboratory are using monitoring equipment to track our impact on the planet more accurately than ever before.

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Wildfires Are Digging Carbon-Spewing Holes in the Arctic Jan 07, 2022

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Soaring temperatures are rapidly thawing permafrost, leading to huge sinkholes called thermokarst. Northern fires are making the situation even worse.

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A Clean Industrial Revolution Is the Only Way to Hit Net Zero Jan 06, 2022

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Governments and companies around the world are finally acting to create a green economy and avoid climate catastrophe.

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2021 Was a Huge Missed Opportunity on Climate Action Jan 05, 2022

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The pandemic should have been a wake-up call—instead, emissions have climbed once more. Here's how the US could have seized the opportunity.

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The Algorithm That Lets Particle Physicists Count Higher Than 2 Jan 04, 2022

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Through his encyclopedic study of the electron, an obscure figure named Stefano Laporta found a handle on the subatomic world’s fearsome complexity.

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The World Is Messy. Idealizations Make the Physics Simple Jan 03, 2022

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Even ordinary actions, like tossing a tennis ball, can be extraordinarily complex to calculate. The trick is knowing what to leave out.

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Growing Peppers on the ISS Is Just the Start of Space Farming Dec 30, 2021

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The chili peppers thrived in a controlled microgravity environment. But to develop agriculture away from Earth, NASA will have to think outside the box.

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These Lemurs Have Got Rhythm. Scientists Have Got Questions Dec 29, 2021

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Studying how and why rhythm evolved in these primates could help unravel the mysteries of human musicality.

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