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The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift

Book Excerpt

The Mysterious Math Behind the Brazilian Butt Lift

Mary Roach

The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves

Mathematical Physics

The Hidden Math of Ocean Waves

Joseph Howlett

A Gene-Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half

Crispr For All

A Gene-Editing Therapy Cut Cholesterol Levels by Half

Emily Mullin

Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive

Climate

Trump’s Hatred of EVs Is Making Gas Cars More Expensive

Umair Irfan

Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of Knots

Knot Theory

Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of Knots

Leila Sloman

How to Follow the Trajectory of Comet 3I/Atlas

Watch Party

How to Follow the Trajectory of Comet 3I/Atlas

Jorge Garay

Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Are Here

Dementia

Blood Tests for Alzheimer’s Are Here

Simone Valesini

A New Type of Opioid Is Killing People in the US, Europe, and Australia

Drugs

A New Type of Opioid Is Killing People in the US, Europe, and Australia

Simone Valesini

A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones

Chemo-Free

A New Light-Based Cancer Treatment Kills Tumor Cells and Spares Healthy Ones

Javier Carbajal

Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’

Quantum Physics

Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’

Philip Ball

Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests

Extreme Weather

Climate Change Made Hurricane Melissa 4 Times More Likely, Study Suggests

Kiley Price

The ‘10 Martini’ Proof Connects Quantum Mechanics With Infinitely Intricate Mathematical Structures

Mathematical Physics

The ‘10 Martini’ Proof Connects Quantum Mechanics With Infinitely Intricate Mathematical Structures

Lyndie Chiou and Joseph Howlett

How Do Metal Detectors Work?

Dot Physics

How Do Metal Detectors Work?

Rhett Allain

A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos

Designer babies

A New Startup Wants to Edit Human Embryos

Emily Mullin

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight

Shhh!

NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Jet Takes Flight

Jay Bennett

A Fight Over Big Tech’s Emissions Has the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Caught in the Crossfire

Carbon Accounting

A Fight Over Big Tech’s Emissions Has the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Caught in the Crossfire

Isabel O’Brien

How to Keep Subways and Trains Cool in an Ever Hotter World

Heatpiercer

How to Keep Subways and Trains Cool in an Ever Hotter World

Chris Baraniuk

Rainfall Buries a Mega-Airport in Mexico

Eco-restoration

Rainfall Buries a Mega-Airport in Mexico

Anna Lagos

Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified

Extreme Weather

Hurricane Melissa Has Meteorologists Terrified

Molly Taft

Why Nicholas Thompson Made a Custom GPT to Run Faster

The Big Interview

Why Nicholas Thompson Made a Custom GPT to Run Faster

Katie Drummond