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If the mind is a symphony, the orchestra playing it remains obscured.

New mathematical frameworks reveal how stable thoughts emerge from chaotic brain activity

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An artist's impression of a binary neutron star merger

The Art of Doing Science

The Parent Trap

The Goldilocks Supernova
A depiction of an ion trap holding a detectable “bright” radium ion and co-trapped “dark” radioactive molecule.

A Rewarding Endeavor

Subterranean Investigations

Making Waves

‘A New Era of Computing’

Mixing Massive Stars

‘A Sense of Belonging’

Come One, Come All
Bill Paxton looks out at the the ocean from the cupola of Kohn Hall.

An Accidental Astrophysicist

Sophisticated Skin
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