Omar Yaghi has spent much of his life thinking about empty space. The Jordanian-born chemist at the University of California, ...

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During a hot summer day, it’s very tempting to turn on a fan. After all, it’s so simple: you plug it in, feel the air move, and the heat becomes tolerable. But that’s not always true. If it’s too hot ...