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Our weekly roundup of the latest science in the news, as well as a few fascinating articles to keep you entertained over the weekend.

Physicists discovered that the famous ‘Star Trek’ spaceship got a lot right about designing a ship to jump from galaxy to ...

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As the Institute’s first VP for energy and climate, Evelyn Wang ’00 is marshaling MIT’s expertise to meet the greatest ...

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Bitcoin mining may look hardware-heavy and energy-hungry, but at its core, it’s probability-driven. Everything else follows from the structure of the hash lottery. Miners scale to reduce risk, pools ...