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Collapse: Has quantum theory's greatest mystery been solved?

Our best theory of reality says things only become real when we look at them. Understanding how the universe came to be requires a better explanation

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What appears to be the same cat entwined in seven different ways with a box

Physics

Seven ways to skin Schrödinger’s cat

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Carlo Rovelli

Physics

You can touch the heart of physics without doing the hard bits

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Ions held in place by a laser

Technology

Record number of ions get entangled together in a quantum trap

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A tabby cat's face peeking out of a box, green eye

Physics

Schrödinger's cat alive and dead even after you saw it in half

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free will

Physics

Physics killed free will and time's flow. We need them back

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Graph showing the gravitational wave signal from LIGO

Space

Gravitational waves: Your cheat sheet on the find of the decade

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Layout of 5-cubit device

Technology

Try your hand at programming IBM's online quantum computer

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Beech marten halts LHC after chewing on a power cable

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Beech marten halts LHC after chewing on a power cable

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Space

That's odd: Quantum entanglement mangles space and time

Spooky action at a distance – the dislocated effect of the quantum world – is real without a doubt. So the problem must lie in our perception of space and time

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Physics

That's odd: Why is gravity so weak?

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Atomic memory could store US Library of Congress in a dust speck

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Gravitational wave hunters gear up to detect extreme black holes

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It's mind-blowing what our puny brains can do

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