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  • FUTURES

Unreal

The possibilities are endless.
By
  1. Judy Helfrich

    1. Judy Helfrich is a writer and visual artist who hails from the Canadian prairie, where long stretches of nothing persist in at least four dimensions. More at helfrich.ca.

“Every time it’s them same damn nuts.” Mabel narrowed her eyes at the nut bowl on the coffee table. “D’you suppose it’s the same nuts what’s been out the last ten years?”

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Nature 560, 676 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06039-3

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