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Physics

Scientists made a biological quantum bit out of a fluorescent protein

Researchers could use quantum effects to develop new types of medical imaging inside cells themselves.

Humans

Want to avoid mosquito bites? Step away from the beer

A Dutch music festival turned into a mosquito lab, revealing how beer, weed, sleep and sunscreen affect your bite appeal.

Planetary Science

Future Martians will need to breathe. It won’t be easy

Asteroid impacts, microbes, mining: These are a few tactics engineers might one day use to create an Earthlike atmosphere on Mars.

Animals

Octopus arms are adaptable but some are favored for particular jobs

Octopuses are ambidextrous, a new study finds, but they favor their front arms for investigating surroundings and their back arms for locomotion.