Chickadees, those adorable bandit-masked visitors to bird feeders, are among the most familiar and beloved backyard birds in North America. They’re so good at spotting and scolding predators that other birds keep an ear out for their alarm calls, and...
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Among the natural numbers below 100, there are 30 with a special property. Jovan has listed them in the table here.But Jovan made a mistake, and one of these numbers must be replaced. Which number must be inserted in place...
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September 17, 20242 min readNew Hope for Treating People with Sickle Cell DiseaseImproving sickle cell care by expanding treatment options, advancing new therapies and amplifying the voices of people with the diseaseBy Lauren Gravitz This article is part of “Innovations...
September 17, 20241 min readBook Review: Cryptography Is as Much an Art as a ScienceA delightful course on keeping (and cracking) secretsBy Lucy Tu On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning journalism by subscribing. By...
When the Apollo 17 astronauts returned from the moon in 1972, they couldn’t have known that they would be the last humans to travel deep into outer space for more than 50 years. But no astronauts have ventured beyond Earth...
September 17, 20241 min readBook Review: A Bold Profile of the James Webb Space TelescopeIn Pillars of Creation, Richard Panek gets up close to the JWSTBy Maddie Bender On supporting science journalismIf you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning...
This article is part of “Innovations In: Sickle Cell Disease,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex Pharmaceuticals.Sickle cell disease might seem simple enough: it’s caused by a single mutation in a single gene....
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