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String theory: It's not dead yet

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String theory: It's not dead yet

Despite its triumphs, string theory has begun to lose the public battle for hearts and minds. It's time to fight back, says Sean Carroll

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Curiosity doesn't have to kill the quantum cat

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Curiosity doesn't have to kill the quantum cat

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Review: The Comet Sweeper: Caroline Herschel's astronomical ambition by Claire Brock

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Impossible things for breakfast, at the Logic Café

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Impossible things for breakfast, at the Logic Café

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Electrons caught tunnelling out of atoms

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Superconductors inspire quantum test for dark energy

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Superconductors inspire quantum test for dark energy

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Outside of time: The quantum gravity computer

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Outside of time: The quantum gravity computer

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The word: Productivity puzzle

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The illusion of reality in a quantum world

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The illusion of reality in a quantum world

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Quantum rebel wins over doubters

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Quantum rebel wins over doubters

It rocked quantum theory when it was first proposed in 2004, but now the controversial experiment is published

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New particle accelerator could rule out string theory

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Atomic 'transistor' may switch using quantum clouds

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The Large Hadron Collider: Bring it on!

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Sending Einstein into a spin

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