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Roald Sagdeev has already watched one scientific empire rot from the inside. When Sagdeev began his career, in 1955, science in the Soviet Union was nearing its apex. At the Kurchatov Institute in ...

There are moments in a nation’s journey when a quiet transformation in a remote corner becomes a symbol of national ...

A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept. The storming of the Bastille. Here’s a puzzle: Must revolution always mean change? Does it require innovation, ...