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Join scientists as they grab light from across the universe to prove quantum entanglement is real.

Discover the origins of life and the chemistry that made it all happen.

Engineers have created super-strong glass, rubber, and plastic—but at what cost?

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From explosions to photosynthesis, chemical reactions transform our world.

A graphic of numbers going "into" infinity.

Discover how the concepts of zero and infinity revolutionized mathematics.

Join the hunt for the universe’s most common—yet most elusive and baffling—particle.

Against all odds, African American chemist Percy Julian became one of the great scientists of the 20th century.