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  1. Health & Medicine

    Are ultraprocessed foods truly addictive?

    Ultraprocessed foods can create powerful pulls similar to those of alcohol, nicotine or opioids, with worrisome consequences for our health.

    By Laura Sanders
  2. Climate

    Antarctic krill eject more food when it’s contaminated with plastic

    Antarctic krill don’t just sequester carbon in their poop; they also make carbon-rich pellets out of leftovers. But microplastics may throw a wrench in the works.

    By Carolyn Gramling
  3. Quantum Physics

    Discoveries that enabled quantum computers win the Nobel Prize in physics

    In the 1980s, John Clarke, Michel Devoret and John Martinis demonstrated quantum effects in an electric circuit, an advance that underlies today’s quantum computers.