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Inside knowledge: Why we'll never know everything

Our brains are a glorious, uproarious complex mess – and that's just one reason why we'll never achieve ultimate enlightenment about reality

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E-tattoos turn knuckles and freckles into smartphone controls

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How dark matter lost its shine for me

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Rules of attraction: Why it's time to rethink how gravity works

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Cooling to absolute zero mathematically outlawed after a century

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Video game beta test reveals how we might act if the world ends

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Video game beta test reveals how we might act if the world ends

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Web creator Tim Berners-Lee speaks out on fake news

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Fuzzy pulsars orbiting black holes could unmask quantum gravity

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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

Some of the greatest breakthroughs have happened in thought experiments – and they're still the only way to play with black holes, says physicist Sean Carroll

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Why the dark net is more resilient to attack than the internet

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First hint of how DNA calculators could supercharge computing

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Cosmic uncertainty: Does time go both ways?

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Cosmic uncertainty: Are there really just three dimensions?

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