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The universe speaks to us in the form of numbers, and appears to us in myriad ways that we have yet to fully discover and understand. Modern Sciences pushes forward into modern-day discussion the different lenses through which we view the universe, and the language we use to commune with it—from beautiful patterns and equations brought forth by the best mathematicians to the latest discoveries that unravel the inner workings of our physical realm.
Cheesemaking is a complex science – a food chemist explains the process from milk to mozzarella
Storing cheese wheels to let them age intensifies the flavor. AP Photo/Antonio Calanni John A. Lucey, University of…
The Human Genome Project Wasn’t All Fanfare and Victories
Initiated around 2000, the Human Genome Project aimed to sequence the entire human genome with high hopes of…
Butterflies and Chaos Theory
The butterfly effect, popularized by a scientific paper from nearly 50 years ago, suggests that small causes, like…
Evolution At Our Fingertips
In a fascinating demonstration of evolution, bacteria exposed to increasing concentrations of antibiotics develop resistance rapidly. Within 11…
Some say a shot of olive oil can prevent a hangover – here’s what the science says
gorkem demir/Shutterstock Justin Stebbing, Anglia Ruskin University The search for alcohol hangover cures is as old as alcohol…
Our new tech helps find hidden details in whale, cassowary and other barely audible animal calls
Benjamin A. Jancovich, UNSW Sydney Over the past few decades, animal sounds have seen a huge surge in…
How a futuristic material is able to change its properties from soft to rigid, and back again
Materials that can change their physical properties would be suitable for many purposes. (Shutterstock) Damiano Pasini, McGill University…
The Large Hadron Collider gets reset and refreshed each year – a CERN physicist explains how the team uses subatomic splashes to restart the experiments
Particles rush through a long tunnel in the Large Hadron Collider. Maximilien Brice/CERN, CC BY-SA Riccardo Maria Bianchi,…
A small aquatic plant, duckweed, could revolutionize the food of tomorrow
Duckweeds are aquatic plants that grow on the surface of freshwater throughout the world. (Shutterstock) Tristan Muller, Université…
(Accidentally) Confirming Quantum Principles
In the 1920s, Otto Stern and Walther Gerlach conducted an experiment that accidentally confirmed the existence of quantum…