Limited by irrationality, individuals usually are not able to solve complicated problems. People thus turn to crowd wisdom for help. It is believed as collective…
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Solitons are pulsed like waves that propagate and collide with each other without losing their speed, shape or amplitude. This was first observed by John…
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The Sun can emit intense bursts of high-energy particles that can fill a large volume of the heliosphere and last several days. The largest of…
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The development of novel and more efficient synthetic methodologies in organic chemistry is highly desirable. In the last fifteen years, remarkable transformations have been accomplished…
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Mitochondria are small intracellular organelles with a diameter about the size of a few microns. They serve crucial functions for cells such as the production…
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With increased globalization, our world has seen unprecedented levels of connectivity resulting in human-caused spread and introduction of organisms. This rapid dispersal of species at…
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The effect of habitual physical activity on the human body is a fundamental research topic in bioarchaeology as well as human evolutionary studies. The hand,…
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It is well-known that galaxies rotate so fast that centrifugal forces should have long ago beaten the gravitational self-attraction of all the visible mass we…
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As a young boy, I have always had an innate curiosity to understand the world around me. From my time in academia I was able…
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Modern methods in medicine and synthetic biology require very long DNA strands, in particular with the advent of the increasingly popular CRISPR/Cas9 system in recent…
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Why do we not find polar bears in the tropics? Why are fewer insect species at higher latitudes (e.g., closer to the poles) or altitudes…
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