There’s more talk of decolonisation than ever, while true independence for former colonies has faded from view. Why?

The three generations of scientists dedicated to knowing a small sliver of Earth, one flower and one hummingbird at a time ...

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The Greek philosopher Democritus first proposed that the Universe was built from indivisible building blocks, or atomos, in roughly 400 BCE. This animation from physicists at the Massachusetts ...