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2023 news review

Read 51¶¯Âþ’s selection of the biggest science and technology news stories of 2023
Quantum states undergo natural selection

Physics

Quantum states undergo natural selection

Darwin's ideas are being used to resolve how an objective reality emerges from the quantum world

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Technology

Particle smasher aims for May 2008 switch-on

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Earth

Rachel Carson: A demure activist

Opinion

The second quantum revolution

Physics

The second quantum revolution

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Technology

Atom trap is a step towards a quantum computer

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String theory: It's not dead yet

Space

String theory: It's not dead yet

Comment

Curiosity doesn't have to kill the quantum cat

Physics

Curiosity doesn't have to kill the quantum cat

Features

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Space

Review: The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel's astronomical ambition by Claire Brock

Books & Arts

Impossible things for breakfast, at the Logic Café

Physics

Impossible things for breakfast, at the Logic Café

Features

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Physics

Electrons caught tunnelling out of atoms

For the first time scientists measure the quantum phenomenon on the atomic scale – each electron-escape happened mind-bogglingly fast

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Space

Superconductors inspire quantum test for dark energy

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Space

Outside of time: The quantum gravity computer

Features

Life

The word: Productivity puzzle

Regulars

Physics

The illusion of reality in a quantum world

Features

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