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Couples are less likely to physically collide with others than friends

Technology

Couples collide with fewer people on walks than pairs of friends do

An analysis of over 800 hours of footage from busy pedestrian areas in Japan found that pairs of people that share stronger social bonds are less likely to physically bump into other people walking

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Snakes are quite quantum, mathematically speaking

Life

Wiggly worms and quantum objects follow surprisingly similar equations

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Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever

Physics

Extremely cold drop of helium can be levitated forever

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The are thosands of small pieces of junk orbiting Earth (as well as thousands of satellites)

Physics

Quantum sensors could detect space debris from its gravitational pull

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Sunlight coming out of the optical fibre

Physics

Sunlight could cool an atom to its coldest possible temperature

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Space

Lab imitations of the unobservable cosmos can be genuinely insightful

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Milky Way. Night sky and silhouette of a standing man

Space

Questions I dread: How did the universe begin, and what is space-time?

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Illustration of particles and their wave functions

Physics

Fundamental law of physics demonstrated using quantum objects

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Physics

How we could discover quantum gravity without rebuilding space-time

Features

2J1JM3H Patterns in a pond. Cropped shot of a finger touching water to form ripples.

Physics

Why virtual particles don’t exist but do explain reality – for now

So-called virtual particles aren't particles at all. Some argue that they are merely mathematical figments, and that we need to find a better way to understand particle interactions

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Physics

To create a wormhole that doesn't collapse, you need exotic matter

Features

Physics

Why symmetry is so fundamental to our understanding of the universe

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Life

Blobs of worms untangle in milliseconds with a corkscrew wiggle

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Physics

Why we must inspire people with the magic of condensed matter physics

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