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Unfinished tasks occupy your brain differently than completed ones. Discover why "done" matters more than "perfect"—and how to engineer closure.

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Using ultracold atoms and laser light, researchers recreated the behavior of a Josephson junction—an essential component of ...

A particle accelerator was used to create lightning in a bottle by charging a spinning acrylic tube with high-energy ...

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Mark Gurarie is a writer covering health topics, technology, music, books, and culture. He also teaches health science and research writing at George Washington University's School of Medical and ...