Explorers of Quantum Entanglement Win 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

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October 04, 2022

Quantum Physics Explorers of Quantum Entanglement Win 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for their work using entangled photons to test the quantum foundations of reality By Lee Billings

Mathematics Can God Be Proved Mathematically? Some mathematicians have sought a logical proof for the existence of God. Here's what they discovered By Manon Bischoff

Water SCOTUS Hears a Case with Broad Implications for the Clean Water Act As the new term begins, the Supreme Court debates what wetlands should be protected under one of the EPA's most successful and controversial efforts By Albert C. Lin,The Conversation US

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Paleontology Nobel Winner Svante Pääbo Discovered the Neandertal in Our Genes Geneticist Svante Pääbo reconstructed the genome of long-extinct human relatives, showing we have more in common with Neandertals than previously thought By Daniela Mocker

Natural Disasters Ian Sinks Florida 'Dome Home' Built to Survive Hurricanes A house built from geodesic domes off the coast of Florida was designed to withstand gale-force winds and powerful storm surges but not sea-level rise By Daniel Cusick,E&E News

Climate Change How Stopping Alaskan Wildfires Can Slow Climate Change Climate change is worsening Alaskan wildfires, which, in turn, are worsening climate change. Here's how to break this vicious cycle By Peter C. Frumhoff,Carly Phillips,Brendan Rogers

Climate Change Deadly Heat Dome Was a 1-in-10,000-Year Event The record-smashing temperatures in the Pacific Northwest last year were an extraordinarily rare occurrence even in the age of climate change By Anne C. Mulkern,E&E News

Psychology How People Rate Pizza, Jobs and Relationships Is Surprisingly Predictive of Their Behavior Researchers are perplexed as to why inner feelings about life and love predict our actions better than the best social science By Sara Novak

FROM THE STORE Extraterrestrials and the Search for Life Do aliens exist? The enduring mystery of whether we're alone in the universe is a question that continues to drive scientific study into groundbreaking directions. This collection examines the latest thinking in the search for life, from discussing why we haven't found evidence of aliens so far to determining where and how to conduct the search to opening up the possibilities for what otherworldly life could truly look like.

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