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Quantum Physics

Schrödinger’s cat now dead and alive in two boxes at once

The living-dead feline has been split in two, using a system of microwaves inside superconducting cavities.

Climate

Climate-cooling aerosols can form from tree vapors

Climate-cooling, cloud-seeding aerosols can form in the atmosphere without the sulfuric acid spewed from fossil fuel burning, new research suggests.

Neuroscience

Alzheimer’s culprit may fight other diseases

A notorious Alzheimer’s villain may help bust microbes.

Archaeology

Stone circles show Neandertals’ social, technical skills

Ancient human relatives built circular stalagmite structures inside a French cave.

Planetary Science

Space experts say sending humans to Mars worth the risk

At a meeting in Washington, NASA and aerospace reps discuss the hopes and hurdles of landing a crew on Mars by the 2030s.

Astronomy

Young sun’s super solar flares helped set early Earth up for life

Super solar flares may have provided early Earth with planet-warming and life-building molecules.

Climate

Zapping clouds with lasers could tweak planet’s temperature

Breaking up the ice particles inside cirrus clouds could make them reflect more light, turning them into a tool to combat global warming.

Genetics

Risk identified in procedure for ‘three-parent babies’

Resurgent mitochondria could spell trouble for disease therapy.

Oceans

Ancient tsunamis reshaped Mars’ landscape

Ancient tsunamis generated by meteorite impacts may have reshaped ocean coastlines on Mars.

Life

1.56-billion-year-old fossils add drama to Earth’s ‘boring billion’

Ancient multicellular eukaryotes big enough to be seen by the naked eye discovered in 1.56-billion-year-old rock in China may be an ancestor of modern algae.

Life

How the Galápagos cormorant got its tiny wings

Galápagos cormorants’ tiny wings may be due to altered reception in cellular antennas.

Life

Giraffe’s long neck linked to its genetic profile

Giraffes’ genes may reveal how their necks grew long and hearts got strong.