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  1. Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike

    · quantamagazine.org · Elise Cutts

    Scientists have a history of trying — and failing — to link biology and quantum mechanics. The real connection between them may be in the math. The post Biology Might Not Be Quantum, but Its Math Is Quantumlike first appeared on Quanta Magazine

  2. How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution

    · quantamagazine.org · Jake Buehler

    Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites or genetic junk. The post How Virus-like ‘Jumping Genes’ Became Our Partners in Evolution first appeared on Quanta Magazine

  3. Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich

    · quantamagazine.org · Paulina Rowińska

    The proof of a decades-old conjecture has given researchers a new way to understand complex networks. The post Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich first appeared on Quanta Magazine

  4. Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin?

    · quantamagazine.org · Steven Strogatz and Janna Levin

    Jonathan Halliwell explains how quantum decoherence is key to understanding how we transition from a world with a wave-like nature of matter and energy to the classical macroscopic world that we’re used to. The post Where Does the Quantum World End and Ours Begin? first appeared on Quanta Magazine

  5. Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders.

    · quantamagazine.org · Marlowe Starling

    Comb jellies are helping answer fundamental questions in biology, from how the earliest nervous systems evolved to how bioluminescence works. The post Ctenophores Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Biological Wonders. first appeared on Quanta Magazine

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