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How To Solve Any Problem Using Enrico Fermi’s Back-Of-The-Envelope Math (And Some Common Sense)

In 1945, as the first atomic bomb exploded in the New Mexico desert, Enrico Fermi stood miles away, holding a few scraps of ...

Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery

Our new study set out to understand what happens to large pieces of floating plastic once they enter the ocean. We developed ...

The Most Vexing Variable in the Search for E.T.

This is the last of three blog posts associated with this week’s episode of Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which addresses life in the universe. Read the first and second here. Someday, in the not too ...