Readers Respond to the February 2023 Issue - Scientific American
Letters to the editors for the February 2023 issue of Scientific American
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Letters to the editors for the February 2023 issue of Scientific American
When did cosmology begin, and what do cosmologists study? Find out in our guide to the field, including varying theories on the beginning of the Universe.
What does the inside of a carbon atom's nucleus look like? A new study provides a comprehensive answer to this question. In the study, the researchers simulated all known energy states of the nucleus. These include the puzzling Hoyle state. If it did not exist, carbon and oxygen would only be present in the universe in tiny traces. Ultimately, we therefore also owe it our own existence.
We don’t need crash-bang confrontations in moral black and white. These novels tell more subtle stories, where the line between human and other blurs