First Nuclear Detonation Created 'Impossible' Quasicrystals

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May 18, 2021

Physics First Nuclear Detonation Created 'Impossible' Quasicrystals Their structures were once controversial. Now researchers have discovered quasicrystals in the aftermath of a 1945 bomb test By Davide Castelvecchi,Nature magazine

Biology Deadly Fungi Are the Newest Emerging Microbe Threat All Over the World These pathogens already kill 1.6 million people every year, and we have few defenses against them By Maryn McKenna

Climate Climate Change Added $8 Billion to Hurricane Sandy's Damages New research shows how much warming is costing society by exacerbating disasters By Andrea Thompson

Public Health Why Monoclonal Antibody COVID Therapies Have Not Lived Up to Expectations The drugs used to treat Donald Trump have not been widely administered to other patients, but they still have a role to play By Carlos del Rio

Biology Making Sense of the Great Whip Spider Boom The discovery of exotic arachnids reveals as much about the structure of science as it does about the creatures By Eric Boodman,Undark

Behavior & Society The Cause of America's Post-Truth Predicament People have been manipulated to think that beliefs needn't change in response to evidence, making us more susceptible to conspiracy theories, science denial and extremism By Andy Norman

Evolution Evolution's Favorite Fish Diversify through 'Noncoding' Genes Proliferating cichlids may specialize using regulatory DNA By Jason G. Goldman

Energy Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 Are Possible, Landmark Report Says The International Energy Agency outlines the steps needed to overhaul energy systems to meet global warming goals By Benjamin Storrow,E&E News

Policy & Ethics Do People Who Enjoy Science Have a High Tolerance for Disturbing Ideas? Killer fungi, killer asteroids, buzzy cicadas, brain sensations, and more unsettling discoveries By Laura Helmuth

FROM THE STORE Scientific American Volume 324, Issue 6

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FROM THE ARCHIVE World's Only Known Natural Quasicrystal Traced to Ancient Meteorite A theoretical physicist searched for years to find the only known natural occurrence of an exotic type of structure, the discovery of which netted the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry By Richard Van Noorden | January 3, 2012

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