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Emilie du Chatelet

Physics

The bold, brilliant woman who championed Newton's physics

Emilie du Châtelet was a talented mathematician and experimental physicist who took on France's intellectual establishment. But history hasn't done her justice

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free will

Physics

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

Features

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

Physics

Beech marten halts LHC after chewing on a power cable

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entanglement

Space

That's odd: Quantum entanglement mangles space and time

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Feynman

Technology

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

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Carroll

Physics

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

Opinion

Cartoon of man in suit holding a gavel, sweating, with his hand over his moutn, with a bottle of milk in front of him

Space

Feedback: Lawmakers’ raw milk celebrations hit a sour note

Regulars

Coltrane

Physics

Bananas and jazz help us penetrate physics – but only so far

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blue bottle

Life

Feedback: Blue miracle tonic is high on pH, low on evidence

Plus quantum bedsheets model fabric of reality, the 50-50-90 rule, a camel-load of reading material, a very big bottle of wine, and more

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Technology

Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

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Physics

Feedback: Quantum theory and the science of queueing

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Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

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Physics

With science if at first you don’t succeed, keep trying

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