The SciencesSeptember 1, 2009
Chocolate
Mixing the bitter treat with milk was the popular breakthrough
Stories by Davide Castelvecchi
Davide Castelvecchi is a staff reporter at Nature who has been obsessed with quantum spin for essentially his entire life. Follow him on X @dcastelvecchi
TechnologySeptember 1, 2009
Scotch Tape
Most new inventions quickly fall into oblivion; some stick
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Hypersphere Exotica: Kervaire Invariant Problem Has a Solution!
A 45-year-old problem on higher-dimensional spheres is solved--probably
The SciencesApril 1, 2009
Colliding Philosophies: Smarter Algorithms Help Find New Particles
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The SciencesMarch 24, 2009
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