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Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes

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Monster Neutrino Could Be a Messenger of Ancient Black Holes

By JONATHAN O'CALLAGHAN

Primordial black holes could rewrite our understanding of dark matter and the early universe. A record-breaking detection at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea has some physicists wondering if we just spotted one.

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NEUROSCIENCE
 

How Animals Build a Sense of Direction

By YASEMIN SAPLAKOGLU

Researchers documented the activity of neurons that shape directional navigation as bats explored a remote island off the coast of Tanzania.

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TOPOLOGY
 

Two Twisty Shapes Resolve a Centuries-Old Topology Puzzle

By ELISE CUTTS

The Bonnet problem asks when just a bit of information is enough to uniquely identify a whole surface.

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THE QUANTA PODCAST
 

Does Dad's Fitness Make Its Way Into Sperm?

Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL
with HANNAH WATERS

In this episode, host Samir Patel and biology editor Hannah Waters dig into the new epigenetic mouse studies exploring whether sperm cells carry more than just genetic information.

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