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Nobel week: light-controlled brains, particles from outer space and mirror molecules

Scientific American ·

Breaking down this year’s Nobel Prize–winning science, from switching brain cells on and off with light to catching cosmic neutrinos in Antarctic ice to building mirror-image molecules.

Plus, a 194-year-old tortoise’s DNA might hold the key to a longer life.

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