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quantum science

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Physics

Physicists created an imaginary magnetic field in real life

Researchers have used quantum light to create a magnetic field with a strength that is measured in imaginary numbers

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Space

We finally know why Stephen Hawking's black hole equation works

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How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

Chemistry

How science can help you bake a delicious vegan carrot cake

Regulars

Quantum computer chip

Technology

Microsoft and Quantinuum’s quantum computer may be most reliable yet

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

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The best new science fiction books of April 2024

Culture

Claudia de Rham inside a virtual skydiving experience

Video

Claudia de Rham: In search of the true nature of gravity

Video

Physics

We've glimpsed something that behaves like a particle of gravity

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Physics

Most accurate clock ever can tick for 40 billion years without error

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Claudia de Rham

Physics

The physicist searching for quantum gravity in gravitational rainbows

Features

Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

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Martin MacInnes: 'Science fiction can be many different things'

The author of In Ascension, the latest pick for the 51¶¯Âþ Book Club, on why he wrote his novel, cultivating a sense of wonder and the role of fiction in the world today

Culture

Physics

How to wrap your head around the most mind-bending theories of reality

Features

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Annie Bot review: A sharp take on a sex robot that becomes human

Culture

Life

In Frank Herbert’s Dune, fungi are hidden in plain sight

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Physics

Rethinking space and time could let us do away with dark matter

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