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LiDAR image of the Fazenda Atlântica archaeological site in Acre, Brazil.

Civilization Written Into the Land

Civilization Written Into the Land Amazônia: Os Geoglifos e a Civilização Aquiry, by Alceu Ranzi and Martti Pärssinen · Massiambooks/Officio, 2021 On Our Bookshelf: Amazônia: Os Geoglifos e a Civilização Aquiry, by Alceu Ranzi and Martti Pärssinen Editor’s Note Before satellites and laser scans confirmed a civilization of possibly millions once thrived in the western

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The stoat mid-air, twisting, mouth open. Displays like this one are what researchers describe as dancing.

Twist and Jump

The stoat in the photograph above is doing what scientists call dancing. They have witnessed stoats (Mustela erminea) engaging in similar displays on many occasions, although opinions are divided about what motivates the leaps and twists. Sometimes the dances are performed in front of a rabbit or a large bird in a seeming…

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A visualization of the electron wave packet's response to a pulse of light, illustrating the space-time tradeoff described in the study.

A High-Speed Camera for the Electron

A High-Speed Camera for the Electron Raffael Spachtholz (left) and Katharina Glöckl (right) beside the scanning tunneling microscope setup used in the experiment · Credit: Katharina Glöckl and Raffael Spachtholz, University of Regensburg Katharina Glöckl and Raffael Spachtholz on catching an electron in the act Editor’s Note Some experiments reveal, above all, the limits of

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