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Rachel Carson: A demure activist

Biologist Sandra Steingraber recalls the unexpected bond Carson's revolutionary book, Silent Spring, helped her forge with her father

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Quantum states undergo natural selection

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Quantum states undergo natural selection

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The second quantum revolution

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The second quantum revolution

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Atom trap is a step towards a quantum computer

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String theory: It's not dead yet

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String theory: It's not dead yet

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Biologically tailored diets to beat obesity

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Curiosity doesn't have to kill the quantum cat

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Curiosity doesn't have to kill the quantum cat

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Review: The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel's astronomical ambition by Claire Brock

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Hunt for obesity gene yields a new suspect

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Impossible things for breakfast, at the Logic Café

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Impossible things for breakfast, at the Logic Café

Our rigid notions of true and false just don't work for a quantum world. It's time to dish up a new logic

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Electrons caught tunnelling out of atoms

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Superconductors inspire quantum test for dark energy

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Outside of time: The quantum gravity computer

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Life

The word: Productivity puzzle

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