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Physics

Cosmic uncertainty: Could quantum weirdness be even weirder?

Quantum entanglement specifies a very exact level of weird correlation between stuff. Any more or any less, and it would have some still stranger consequences

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Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

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Technology

AI learns to solve quantum state of many particles at once

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Physics

Essence of reality: Hunting the universe's most basic ingredient

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Physics

One time or another: Our best 5 theories of the fourth dimension

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Space

When computers were human: The black women behind NASA’s success

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Katherine Johnson

Space

Katherine Johnson: The brilliant woman who got the US into space

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Physics

Mapping the multiverse: How far away is your parallel self?

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Technology

Squeezed light cools tiny drum to coldest temperature ever

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Technology

Why predictive text is making you forget how to write

Typing with 2500 keys is hard, which is why autocomplete has been around in China since the 1950s. But now it’s everywhere – and it’s messing with your brain

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Life

Comb jelly videos are rewriting the history of your anus

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Humans

Holiday brain-off round 2: Test your reaction time

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Old ��è��Ƶ: How to get drunk rationally

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Space

Were Aboriginal Australians the first astronomers?

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