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Aspen physics turns 50
Michael S. Turner reflects on how mountain serenity has bred big breakthroughs at the Aspen Center for Physics in Colorado.
- Michael S. Turner
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50 & 100 years ago
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Q&A: The graphic historian
New York-based author and illustrator Jonathan Fetter-Vorm makes hand-printed books on Darwin and other historical scientific subjects — including a hand-stitched treatise on surgical suturing. As he releases Trinity, a graphic history of the atomic bomb, Fetter-Vorm talks about crafting science chronicles.
- Jascha Hoffman
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Murals offer glimpse of Mayan astronomy
Painted tables may be ancient equivalent of office whiteboards.
- Helen Thompson
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50 & 100 years ago
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50 & 100 years ago
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50 & 100 years ago
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100 years ago: The loss of the “Titanic”
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Books in brief
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50 & 100 years ago
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50 & 100 years ago
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Computer science: Digital dawn
Thomas Misa ponders a history of computing that focuses firmly on John von Neumann and the 'Princeton crowd'.
- Thomas Misa
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50 & 100 years ago
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The dawn of computing
Alan Turing's bridging of logic and machines laid the foundation for digital computers, says George Dyson.
- George Dyson
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50 & 100 years ago
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50 & 100 years ago
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50 & 100 years ago
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50 & 100 Years Ago
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50 & 100 years ago
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What da Vinci saw in trees
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TCM: Made in China
Although modern medicine is established in Asia, traditional medicine also plays a big role in people's healthcare — and is gaining in popularity in other countries too.
- Felix Cheung
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Lynn Margulis (1938–2011)
Biologist who revolutionized our view of early cell evolution.
- James A. Lake
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Har Gobind Khorana (1922–2011)
Chemical biologist who helped to establish the genetic code.
- Uttam L. RajBhandary
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Turning the world upside down
Research, not pole-bagging, was the lasting achievement of Antarctic exploration 100 years ago, says Edward J. Larson.
- Edward J. Larson
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Museums: Stripped assets
Paolo Mazzarello argues that the disposal of collections requires clear consultation with the public.
- Paolo Mazzarello
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The heritage trail
Egypt and Libya can look to the past to help build a more stable future.
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Ancient Egyptian chariot trappings rediscovered
Forgotten drawers in Egyptian museum yield 'astonishing' leather find.
- Jo Marchant
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Herbert Hauptman (1917–2011)
Mathematician whose theories reveal the shapes of molecules from scattered X-rays.
- Carmelo Giacovazzo
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Hubble cleared
A painstaking study absolves US astronomer Edwin Hubble of censoring a Belgian rival.
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50 & 100 years ago
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Mystery of the missing text solved
A discovered letter explains the loss of key paragraphs during the translation of one of Georges Lemaître's papers about the expanding Universe, shows Mario Livio.
- Mario Livio
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Plague genome: The Black Death decoded
The genome of a 660-year-old bacterium is revealing secrets from one of Europe's darkest chapters.
- Ewen Callaway
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50 & 100 years ago
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Taming the devil within us
We are getting smarter, and as a result the world is becoming a more peaceful place, says Steven Pinker.
- Steven Pinker
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History: Scaling up
Andrew Robinson applauds a chronicle of metrication that balances physics with philosophy.
- Andrew Robinson
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The seven suns of Rome
A diagram lost for more than 350 years documents a spectacular sky of 1630.
- Kate McAlpine
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50 & 100 years ago
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Woodlice and humidity, 74 years on
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The world's most independent defence science advisers
Ann Finkbeiner explains JASON, the autonomous group of academics that has been reporting to the US government on military matters for more than 50 years.
- Ann Finkbeiner
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50 & 100 years ago