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To save any of his marching bandmates, Steve Marx says, he would run into onrushing traffic with no hesitation. It’s the kind of language often heard from former army buddies, not musicians, but Marx brings up the scenario to show the strength of his feelings about this group. The marching […]

The findings could pave the way for a drug that changes the way humans taste to the insects.

Much like the rings of trees, growth rings in the tooth sockets revealed that early mammals led longer, slower-paced lives than researchers thought.

Old Faithful, it turns out, wasn’t always so faithful. The geyser, in Wyoming’s Yellowstone National Park, is famous because it blasts hot water tens of meters into the air at regular intervals—every 90 to 94 minutes, on average. Now, geologists examining petrified wood from the park have found evidence that […]

Underlying carbon emission credits, electricity markets, and radio spectrum allocations is the humble and ancient sale format of the auction. This year’s Nobel Prize in economic sciences has been awarded to economists who pioneered auction theory and invented new formats that drastically shifted how public resources are allocated. The prize […]