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Scientists Re-Create the Microbial Dance That Sparked Complex Life

By MOLLY HERRING

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab.

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Why Computer Scientists Consult Oracles

Story by BEN BRUBAKER

Hypothetical devices that can quickly and accurately answer questions have become a powerful tool in computational complexity theory.

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