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Under the Hood of the Ribosome

We all know—generally speaking—how a car works: The gas pedal makes it go, the break pedal makes it stop, and the steering wheel deter­mines its course. But pop open the hood and you’ll find there’s a lot more nuance to those maneuvers.
March 26, 2013

Beauty, Simplicity, and Symmetry

If Einstein’s theory of relativity is wrong, then this whole thing we call the universe is either a dream or it works a lot differently than we suspected.
March 26, 2013

A Burst for Bursts

The other day I starred the following headline in my RSS feed: “Any Two Pages on the Web Are Connected By 19 Clicks or Less.”
February 21, 2013

AAAS 2013: Predicting Human Behavior

If you’ve driven on the highway, you’ve seen it: The traffic jam appears out of nowhere and disappears just as mysteriously.
February 21, 2013

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