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What the Nobel Prizes Are Not

Vasudevan Mukunth 08/10/2019

Winning a Nobel Prize may be a good thing...

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In Happy Find, Dark Matter Hunter Spots Ultra-Rare Decay of Xenon-124 Nucleus

Madhusudhan Raman 28/04/2019

The Xenon Collaboration's results signify a purely scientific spinoff:...

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Why You Shouldn’t Measure Scientific Progress With Award-Winning Discoveries

Madhusudhan Raman 25/11/2018

The notion that science is invested in by the...

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Vera Rubin, Astrophysicist Who Cinched Evidence for Dark Matter

The Wire Staff 28/12/2016

Rubin's research was slow to find acceptance and she...

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Infinite in All Directions: Nobel’s Women, Meghnad’s Caste, Tantalum’s Decay

Vasudevan Mukunth 10/10/2016

Infinite in All Directions is The Wire‘s science newsletter....