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2024 news preview

Look ahead to discover the biggest science and technology news stories that will be happening this year with 51¶¯Âþ’s 2024 preview
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Key to quantum gravity may lurk in cosmic haze

Any blurry observations of distant objects could suggest the universe itself is blurry at a minute scale, and hint at how to build a theory of quantum gravity

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Key to quantum gravity may lurk in cosmic haze

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It's the faster, stronger, better Large Hadron Collider

Technology

It's the faster, stronger, better Large Hadron Collider

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Physics

Ultra-cold mirrors could reveal gravity's quantum side

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Technology

Add a dash of quantum for secure cloud computing

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Physics

Wave function gets real in quantum experiment

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Gravity's secret: How relativity meets quantum physics

Physics

Gravity's secret: How relativity meets quantum physics

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DIY device to define the kilogram – using Lego

Physics

DIY device to define the kilogram – using Lego

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Spider Santa: Nicer gift-wrap, better sex

Life

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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Earth

Storm warning: Can crystal-gazing predict the weather?

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Life

The real Oompa-Loompas: Microbes that make chocolate

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Life

Born to dance: The animals with natural rhythm

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