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Physics

Cosmic uncertainty: Could quantum weirdness be even weirder?

Quantum entanglement specifies a very exact level of weird correlation between stuff. Any more or any less, and it would have some still stranger consequences

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Physics

Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality

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Technology

AI learns to solve quantum state of many particles at once

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Space

Starlight test shows quantum world has been weird for 600 years

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Physics

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

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Physics

One time or another: Our best 5 theories of the fourth dimension

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Technology

AI just won a poker tournament against professional players

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Diamond anvils being used to put pressure on hydrogen sample

Physics

Metallic hydrogen finally made in lab at mind-boggling pressure

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Avogadro project experiment, involving counting atoms in a silicon sphere

Physics

Vacuum transfer advance will help redefine kilogram next year

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Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

Space

Plasma tidal wave may tell us if black holes destroy information

Physicists have long puzzled over whether black holes destroy information or conserve it – now a proposed lab experiment could use a plasma wave to find out

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Technology

Recycled eggshells can be used for next-gen data storage

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Technology

Brainwaves could act as your password – but not if you’re drunk

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Technology

How you can help micro:bit inspire more young inventors

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Mapping the multiverse: How far away is your parallel self?

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