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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry

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Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin: The unsung discoverer of star chemistry

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered that hydrogen dominates our universe, finally gets the recognition she deserves in a rich biography, What Stars Are Made Of

Culture

We now know what causes wine ‘legs’ to drip down inside a glass

Physics

We now know what causes wine ‘legs’ to drip down inside a glass

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NASA/JPL-Caltech

Physics

Even a computer the size of the universe can’t predict everything

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Jim Al-Khalili's The World According to Physics is a thrilling ride

Physics

Jim Al-Khalili's The World According to Physics is a thrilling ride

Culture

How a new twist on quantum theory could solve its biggest mystery

Physics

How a new twist on quantum theory could solve its biggest mystery

Features

We still don't understand a basic fact about the universe

Space

We still don't understand a basic fact about the universe

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Bubble popping

Physics

We've figured out why bubbles make a 'pop' sound when they burst

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Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy

Physics

Radioactive review: A reimagining of Marie Curie's luminous legacy

Culture

Hillel Furstenberg and Gregory Margulis

Physics

Mathematicians who revealed the power of random walks win Abel prize

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How quantum computing got a boost from an experiment in a cornfield

Physics

How quantum computing got a boost from an experiment in a cornfield

In a cornfield in India, Urbasi Sinha ran an experiment that may challenge the rules of quantum mechanics and paves the way for higher dimensional quantum computing

Regulars

Physics

The antimatter factory about to solve the universe's greatest mystery

Features

Physics

Antimatter looks just like matter – which is a big problem for physics

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Physics

Until the End of Time tries to use physics to find the meaning of life

Culture

Physics

Record-breaking quantum memory brings quantum internet one step closer

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