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  1. Climate

    Antarctica has lost about 3 trillion metric tons of ice since 1992

    Antarctica’s rate of ice loss has sped up since 1992 — mostly in the last five years, raising global sea level by almost 8 millimeters on average.

    By Laurel Hamers
  2. Physics

    This heavy element has a football-shaped atomic nucleus

    Three nobelium isotopes have oblong nuclei, and some sport a ‘bubble’ center.

    By Emily Conover
  3. Physics

    In her short life, mathematician Emmy Noether changed the face of physics

    A century after she published a groundbreaking mathematical theory, Emmy Noether gets her due.

    By Emily Conover
  4. Science & Society

    So what do you know about Emmy Noether?

    Editor in Chief Nancy Shute discusses physicist Emmy Noether and women being underrepresented in science fields.