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Physics

To build a clock that ticks forever, you need a spacetime crystal blueprint

Science & Society

Scientists embrace Twitter for spreading the word and hashing through new data

Neuroscience

To understand meetings of minds, scientists should study brains in the wild

Earth

Bad days for dinosaurs began long before the last of them died

Archaeology

What the Maya really have to tell us about the end of the world

Neuroscience

Copycat mentality may be a hardwired way for animals to learn to avoid others’ mistakes

Copycat mentality may be a hardwired way for animals to learn to avoid others’ mistakes.