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Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer

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Rational or Not? This Basic Math Question Took Decades to Answer.

By ERICA KLARREICH

It's surprisingly difficult to prove one of the most basic properties of a number: whether it can be written as a fraction. A broad new method can help settle this ancient question.

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MICROBIOLOGY

 

The Ocean Teems With Networks of Interconnected Bacteria

By VERONIQUE GREENWOOD

Nanotube bridge networks grow between the most abundant photosynthetic bacteria in the oceans, suggesting that the world is far more interconnected than anyone realized.

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The Physicist Decoding the Nonbinary Nature of the Subatomic World
By HENRY CARNELL

Quarks and gluons shift and morph their properties in ways that physicists are still struggling to understand. Rithya Kunnawalkam Elayavalli brings a unique perspective to the problem.

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