The smallest known molecular knot is made of just 54 atoms
Imagine a knot so small that it can’t be seen with the naked eye. Then think even smaller. Chemists have...
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Imagine a knot so small that it can’t be seen with the naked eye. Then think even smaller. Chemists have...
algae: Single-celled organisms, once considered plants (they aren’t). As aquatic organisms, they grow in water. Like green plants, they depend...
addiction: The National Institute of Drug Abuse defines this as a complex chronic disorder that is characterized by a difficult-to-control...
Conservation considerations The online mapping tool Landscape Explorer uses historical and modern aerial images to show how the American West’s...
More than 106,000 people died of drug overdoses in the United States in 2021. That’s more than the number of...
Future interplanetary explorers beware: Hitchhiking bacteria brought to Mars on human bodies might not only survive the harsh conditions on...
Excerpt from the February 2, 1974 issue of Science News Some trilobites had eyes with telescope-like lenses and that were...
Meet the newest known species of hedgehog: the eastern forest hedgehog. This small, spiky mammal lives in eastern China. Researchers...
For a dog, it’s good to be small and have a long nose. In the United Kingdom, breeds matching that...
Nuts and BoltsRoma AgrawalW.W. Norton & Co., $29.99 What do you get when you pose a challenge, weave in a...
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