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Meritocracy and Topocracy of Networks
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The existence of the tiniest bacteria confirmed
Biologists have imaged ultra-small bacteria that are close to the lowest size limit possible for life on Earth
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Philosopher Patricia Smith Churchland on the nature of self-control, the reward system, and risk-taking in humans and animals
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Materiality in the History of Christianity
Historian Peter Jones on the medieval obsession with relics, Christian heresies and why we shouldn’t reduce objects just down to their function or purpose
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Superradiance in Ultracold Molecular Samples
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Classical Education
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A flourishing biosphere with atmospheric nitrogen 3.2 billion years ago
New Nature article debate dating of nitrogen fixation emergence
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