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The “FUN with algorithms” conference features games and puzzles, but its offerings have led to serendipitous connections among researchers and, on occasion, surprising applications.
Image credit: Erik Demaine (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA).
With the use of legal marijuana proliferating, researchers are seeking to understand the potential risks to teen users in particular. Definitive answers have been elusive.
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Ocean carbon isotope and pH patterns observed after the K–Pg mass extinction indicate a 50% reduction in global marine primary productivity.
Image courtesy of Michael J. Henehan.
Wood fragments in sediment cores from the Bengal Fan, in the Bay of Bengal, were episodically deposited over the past 19 million years.
Image courtesy of Pixabay/Sarangib.
A tar-backed tool from the present-day North Sea reveals the use of complex technology by Neandertals.
Image courtesy of Paul R.B. Kozowyk.
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