In the April 14 SN: Killer heat, mass insect migrations, the latest Saturn updates, rethinking the Nobel Prize, tectonics on Venus, the science of mass shootings, ancient tool trends and more.
POLLUTION PROBLEM While some plastic is recycled, most ends up accumulating in landfills. Plastics that are easier to recycle could help change that.
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ENTANGLED WEB Electromagnetic fields trap a cloud of rubidium atoms above a microchip (illustrated). Quantum linkages were observed between atoms in the left and right halves of the clump.
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Dragon fire is the realm of fantasy. But if a dragon did exist, nature has the tools to give it fire-breathing abilities.
Fire-breathing dragons can’t live anywhere outside of a book or TV. But nature provides some guidance as to how they might get their flames. If they existed, anyway.