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PaleontologyNew fossil weighs in on primate origins
A 55-million-year-old primate skeleton found in Wyoming indicates that the common ancestor of modern monkeys, apes, and people was built primarily for hanging tightly onto tree branches.
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PhysicsLight chips find a place to take root
The fabrication of an artificial, inside-out opal of silicon promises to make all-optical microchips possible
By Peter Weiss -
PhysicsAtom microchips get off the ground
Becoming smaller and more versatile, microchips using atoms instead of electrons promise both to improve atomic physics experiments and to pave the way for new technologies such as quantum computers.
By Peter Weiss -
MathSuper Bowls and stock markets
The predictive power of the Super Bowl "theory," which involves an apparent correlation between stock market performance and the results of the National Football League championship game, has declined precipitously in recent years.