An anonymous COVID-19 contact tracing app that warns you when your friends are sick
Read now →A different kind of contact tracing sounds an alarm when people in your social circle are falling ill
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New research shows how one sniff separates trillions of molecules into smells
Read now →These new findings could explain how humans are capable of detecting over a trillion odors
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The Human Pangenome
Watch now →When the human genome was announced as completed, it wasn’t. The “finished” genome was filled with gaps, and was not representative of humanity’s genetic diversity. Now, the job is being finished and the end is in sight.
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The Eclipse that made Einstein Famous
Watch now →Sir Arthur Eddington's observations of an eclipse in 1919 catapulted Einstein to fame
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This mysterious substance is accelerating the expansion of our Universe
Watch now →Join an Oxford cosmologist in an animated exploration of dark energy
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Naked mole rats and ant colonies have more in common than you think
Watch now →They both demonstrate something called 'swarm intelligence'
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Meet Grete Hermann, the philosopher of quantum physics
Watch now →She changed how we thought about truth not only in science, but in politics and ethics, too