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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. A team of computer scientists has created a nimbler, more…

That is certainly the case in Yemen, on the south flank of the Arabian Peninsula, where the desert sands have…

Well, if weight here is being used as a proxy for sex or gender, a larger woman would need the…