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women in science

A woman at a blackboard covered in equations

Humans

Quick fixes on stereotypes won’t mean more female scientists

Some differences in academic performance in scientific subjects are put down to people conforming to invalid gender stereotypes. But the case is far from clear

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Ions held in place by a laser

Technology

Record number of ions get entangled together in a quantum trap

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A tabby cat's face peeking out of a box, green eye

Physics

Schrödinger's cat alive and dead even after you saw it in half

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painting of Mary Somerville

Humans

The lost women of Enlightenment science

Features

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Humans

Family or science: women shouldn't have to choose

Leader

Emilie du Chatelet

Physics

The bold, brilliant woman who championed Newton's physics

Features

free will

Physics

Physics killed free will and time's flow. We need them back

Features

Layout of 5-cubit device

Technology

Try your hand at programming IBM's online quantum computer

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Beech marten halts LHC after chewing on a power cable

Physics

Beech marten halts LHC after chewing on a power cable

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entanglement

Space

That's odd: Quantum entanglement mangles space and time

Spooky action at a distance – the dislocated effect of the quantum world – is real without a doubt. So the problem must lie in our perception of space and time

Features

Technology

Atomic memory could store US Library of Congress in a dust speck

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Physics

It's mind-blowing what our puny brains can do

Opinion

Space

Feedback: Lawmakers’ raw milk celebrations hit a sour note

Regulars

Physics

Bananas and jazz help us penetrate physics – but only so far

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