A woman talks about how she and her siblings cracked a secret code their mother came up with to prevent them from figuring out the gifts left for them under the Christmas tree. This week, NPR's Rachel ...

Understanding how a tumor evolves against the attack of the immune system is one of the greatest challenges in modern medicine. Current mathematical models are usually deterministic; that is, they ...

Geometric patterns on cloth. Symbols etched into sacred masks. Experts believe it’s all part of an ancient, largely forgotten writing system that was used by women in Zambia. Recently, the curators at ...

The sequencing of the genomes of a spider from the mainland (Dysdera catalonica, left) and one from the Canary Islands (Dysdera tilosensis, right) opens a new perspective for understanding how genome ...

Sun-tzu’s writings are marked by paradox and deception. Indeed, the simple, familiar aphorisms of The Art of War—so frequently cited in Western literature on war and strategy—obscure complex patterns ...

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