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Raft made of dust carries water droplets across a sea of oil

Technology

Raft made of dust carries water droplets across a sea of oil

An unlikely vessel could shuttle drops of water around microfluidic devices, giving fine control over chemical reactions

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Black holes have a size limit of 50 billion suns

Space

Black holes have a size limit of 50 billion suns

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How to get rich with maths

Humans

How to get rich with maths

Features

How not to get duped by coincidences

Humans

How not to get duped by coincidences

Features

Painting by numbers with the design book <em>Mathematics and Art</em>

Physics

Painting by numbers with the design book Mathematics and Art

CultureLab

How to win at game theory

Humans

How to win at game theory

Features

Why you shouldn't believe many of the numbers you read

Humans

Why you shouldn't believe many of the numbers you read

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Experts doubt Google's claim about its quantum computer's speed

Technology

Experts doubt Google's claim about its quantum computer's speed

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IBM to develop hardware to wipe out errors in quantum computing

Technology

IBM to develop hardware to wipe out errors in quantum computing

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Tiny dark matter stars would harbour particles that act as one

Space

Tiny dark matter stars would harbour particles that act as one

A certain dark matter candidate could clump into stars where it would behave like the Borg race in Star Trek – and this might make it observable

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Technology

Laser camera can track hidden moving objects around corners

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Space

Pathfinder blasts off to look for Einstein's gravitational waves

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Physics

LHC might soon see hints of new quark dark matter particle

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Life

Is quantum physics behind your brain's ability to think?

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