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Wave function gets real in quantum experiment

Is the uncertainty that comes with the quantum wave function real or a mathematical quirk? An experiment has found in favour of fuzziness

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Gravity's secret: How relativity meets quantum physics

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Gravity's secret: How relativity meets quantum physics

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Storm warning: Can crystal-gazing predict the weather?

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Storm warning: Can crystal-gazing predict the weather?

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The real Oompa-Loompas: Microbes that make chocolate

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The real Oompa-Loompas: Microbes that make chocolate

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Born to dance: The animals with natural rhythm

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Born to dance: The animals with natural rhythm

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Racing refraction: Who reached the North Pole first?

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Racing refraction: Who reached the North Pole first?

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DIY device to define the kilogram – using Lego

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DIY device to define the kilogram – using Lego

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Spider Santa: Nicer gift-wrap, better sex

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Spider Santa: Nicer gift-wrap, better sex

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Rhyme and reason: Writing poems in computer code

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Rhyme and reason: Writing poems in computer code

Beyoncé's tweets as sacred text, error messages that tell a tragic tale and the looping program of a failing relationship: we parse a new literary phenomenon

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Pearls of wisdom: The truth behind common sayings

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Humans

Man vs sherry trifle: Can I eat myself drunk?

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Space

How to make an origami universe

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Technology

Try the hardest crossword ever set by a computer

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