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Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

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Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

Human clones, a colony on Mars, alien contact... what world-changing breakthroughs will come in the next decade? We asked the experts – with some surprising results

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Nanofridge could keep quantum computers cool enough to calculate

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5 impossible things the laws of physics might actually allow

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Quantum effects cloak impossible singularities with black holes

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Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

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Inside knowledge: Why we'll never know everything

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The string-loop theory that might finally untangle the universe

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Cosmic uncertainty: Your skull is an amazing physics lab

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Cosmic uncertainty: Does time go both ways?

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Cosmic uncertainty: Are there really just three dimensions?

Many physics theories demand the existence of more dimensions of space. If they do exist, we might be perceiving them as something else

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Cosmic uncertainty: Could quantum weirdness be even weirder?

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Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

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AI learns to solve quantum state of many particles at once

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

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