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Carlo Rovelli at Cornilia Parker exhibition

Physics

Carlo Rovelli on the bizarre world of relational quantum mechanics

Physicist Carlo Rovelli explains the strange principles of relational quantum mechanics - which says objects don't exist in their own right - and how it could unlock major progress in fundamental physics

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Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy from the Hubble Space Telescope, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Array, and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The magnetic fields align along the entire length of the massive spiral arms ? 24,000 light years across (0.8 kiloparsecs) ? implying that the gravitational forces that created the galaxy?s shape are also compressing its magnetic field. This supports the leading theory of how the spiral arms are forced into their iconic shape known as ?density wave theory.? SOFIA studied the galaxy using far-infrared light (89 microns) to reveal facets of its magnetic fields that previous observations using visible and radio telescopes could not detect. Credits: NASA/SOFIA; NASA/JPL-Caltech/Roma Tre Univ. https://www.nasa.gov/feature/how-to-shape-a-spiral-galaxy

Space

Did magnetism shape the universe? An epic experiment suggests it did

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Health

How hacking your metabolism can help you burn fat and prevent disease

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Humans

Why ancient Nubia is finally emerging from Egypt鈥檚 long shadow

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Volunteers helping efforts to rescue glassware shattered in the Beirut explosion

Humans

Piecing together the story of ancient glass after the Beirut explosion

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Health

We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it

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Health

We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it

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Humans

Rebecca Wragg Sykes on the objects that reveal the Neanderthal mind

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Humans

Nature, nurture, luck: Why you are more than just genes and upbringing

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Physics

Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw confront the black hole information paradox

The particle physicists explain the latest thinking on what happens to the stuff that falls into black holes 鈥� and what it reveals about the deepest structure of the universe

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Environment

Vegan pet food: Can cats and dogs be happy and healthy without meat?

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Space

Lori Garver on why NASA is returning to the moon for the wrong reasons

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Space

NASA is planning a permanent moon base. What will it take to build it?

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Space

Why military forces see the moon as a new strategic priority

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