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When a concert opens with a refrain from your favorite song, you are swept up in the music, happily tapping…
Any mask worn for day-to-day protection against COVID-19 is going to be imperfect, at least for now. Supplies of N95…
This essay is adapted from the book Cosmology’s Century (Princeton University Press). Robert Dicke came out of war research, specifically radar…
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When I was younger, like most kids, I’d always look forward to the days when I could go to work…
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The Ojibwe people of modern-day Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin have for 1,000 years adhered to a spiritual prophecy to live…