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King Charles III has launched a catastrophe countdown clock. It will tick until 2030, a year in which he predicts "serious consequences" if the world doesnt effectively address "climate change."

Exploring the Chicago connections to Oppenheimer and the nuclear age.

As a physicist working across the street from the Manhattan Project’s atomic breakthrough site, I grapple with Oppenheimer’s legacy and the questions raised by Christopher Nolan’s film every day.

We still don’t know how the pandemic started. Here's what we do know — and why it matters.

Kodak struck a secret deal with the US government to get advance notice before any nuclear testing because their film was sensitive to radiation.

Kodak struck a secret deal with the US government to get advance notice before any nuclear testing because their film was sensitive to radiation.

The very fact that the Gita verse resonated so deeply in Oppenheimers consciousness reveals that he was, in his heart, a pacifist, a compassionate man who wished no one harm. At the same time, his dharma as a physicist - fervently engaged in putting together a deadly bomb - did not leave him any other option than to see the four-year Manhattan project to fruition.

OpenAI's CEO lamented that Oppenheimer wasn't inspirational enough, and an employee said they had hoped it would be more like the Avengers.

Genomic regions linked to short arms and lanky legs bore signs of evolutionary selection in humans. Plus, type 1 diabetes surged in children during the pandemic and expeditions in post-war Colombia have found an ecological treasure trove. Genomic regions linked to short arms and lanky legs bore signs of evolutionary selection in humans. Plus, type 1 diabetes surged in children during the pandemic and expeditions in post-war Colombia have found an ecological treasure trove.

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