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Physics

Strange muon behaviour hints at mysterious new particles and forces

Particles called muons spin slightly faster than our best models of physics predict, which may mean that there are more particles and forces that we haven't yet discovered

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Neutrinos change their identities and we don't know why

Physics

Neutrinos change their identities and we don't know why

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Is there an ancient black hole at the edge of the solar system?

Space

Is there an ancient black hole at the edge of the solar system?

Features

LHCb

Physics

Has the Large Hadron Collider finally challenged the laws of physics?

Analysis

Quantum weirdness isn’t weird – if we accept objects don’t exist

Physics

Quantum weirdness isn’t weird – if we accept objects don’t exist

Features

We may have to rewrite our understanding of gravity

Space

We may have to rewrite our understanding of gravity

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Did time flow in two directions from the big bang, making two futures?

Physics

Did time flow in two directions from the big bang, making two futures?

Features

Why the universe can be described by the equations of fluids

Space

Why the universe can be described by the equations of fluids

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Physicists finally figured out why food sticks to a frying pan

Physics

Physicists finally figured out why food sticks to a frying pan

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Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

Space

Dyson spheres: How to spot an alien megastructure

Intelligent extraterrestrials may have built vast solar power plants around their host stars. The hunt for their telltale glow is hotting up

Features

How time works with Sean Carroll

Quantum Computing with Michelle Simmons and John Martinis

Physics

The superconductor breakthrough that could mean an energy revolution

Features

Space

How every galaxy comes from quantum fluctuations billions of years ago

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