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  1. Math

    Born half a century ago, chaos theory languished for years

    By Tom Siegfried
  2. Space

    Belief in multiverse requires exceptional vision

    By Tom Siegfried
  3. Space

    Long the stuff of fantasy, wormholes may be coming soon to a telescope near you

    By Tom Siegfried
  4. Math

    Systems biology tunes in to cancer networks

    By Tom Siegfried
  5. Health & Medicine

    Even if science can’t make life longer, perhaps a pill can make a long life better

    By Tom Siegfried
  6. Life

    Microbes at home in your gut may also be influencing your brain

    By Tom Siegfried
  7. Humans

    Greed may breed financial fitness, but evolution allows unselfishness to survive

    By Tom Siegfried
  8. Humans

    Reports of junk DNA’s ‘demise’ were based on junky logic and dubious definitions

    By Tom Siegfried
  9. Math

    Explanations for time’s arrow keep marching on

    By Tom Siegfried
  10. Math

    Real-life Maxwell’s demon adds fuel to debate about status of the second law

    By Tom Siegfried
  11. Math

    Poll of quantum physicists shows agreement, disagreement and something in between

    By Tom Siegfried
  12. Math

    Rules for computing classical probabilities might depend on quantum randomness

    By Tom Siegfried