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Thunder Out of China
Yuri Deigin
Questions about the origins of COVID-19 are of more than academic interest. For the moment, the best explanation seems to be that the virus escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
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A Lonely Universe
Charles Lineweaver
Is anybody out there? Likely not. The occurrence of intelligent life on Earth is moot when modeling for its likelihood on other planets.
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Old Age and Creativity
Stanley Deser
Physics seems to have no very old top-tier contributors. The field’s greatest giants have either died young, stopped meaningful work well before they died, or changed fields mid-career.
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In Memoriam: Myriam Sarachik
Tony Liss & Parameswaran Nair
Myriam Sarachik passed away on October 7, 2021. Her work on the Kondo effect, the metal-insulator transition, and quantum tunneling in molecular magnets are highlights in her research career.
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Much Ado About Nothing
James Tour
Recent research by Jiménez, Gibard, and Krishnamurthy is further evidence, if any were needed, that eminent synthetic chemists—and scientists in general—remain clueless about life’s origins.
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Americans at Armageddon
Guy Middleton
Eric Cline’s book Digging Up Armageddon tells the story of an archeological team from the University of Chicago that began digging at Megiddo during the mid-1920s.
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A Christmas Chrestomathy
The Editors
As the year draws to a close, we are delighted to present our second annual Christmas Chrestomathy, highlighting the essays that best represent our aims, ambitions, attitudes, and even our animadversions.
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Quanta of the Third Kind
Frank Wilczek
Theoretical insights and recent experimental results in anyon physics are leading physicists to revise and expand their ideas about what quantum-mechanical particles are and how they behave.
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Outsmarting the Virus
John Hewitt
Variants in the SARS-CoV-2 virus control infectivity, severity, and immunity. Against this hydra, the best modes of defense are multipronged. John Hewitt takes stock of currently available therapies.
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