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University of Chicago Prof. Frank Calegari has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. The first members elected ...

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In the strange and fascinating world of quantum mechanics, particles have long been sorted into just two types: fermions and ...

Many brain functions, particularly the senses, are similar across different mammal species.

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In the search to understand how the universe came to be, a new theory is rewriting the script. Instead of one massive, fiery ...

Green Bay's common council added a line on voucher payments to the tax bill. The discussion raised dozens of questions: we ...