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Why do we move forwards in time?

Physics

Why do we move forwards in time?

Time goes by, or so it seems. It could be an illusion, or we might need to rescue the flow of time by meddling with our concept of space

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Why is ice slippery?

Physics

Why is ice slippery?

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Is the universe infinite or just very big?

Space

Is the universe infinite or just very big?

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Why does space have three dimensions?

Space

Why does space have three dimensions?

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Can we get energy from nothing?

Physics

Can we get energy from nothing?

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What is glass?

Physics

What is glass?

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Where does quantum weirdness end?

Physics

Where does quantum weirdness end?

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People in kitchen-workers' white outfits, one holding a sparkler, one looking at an enlarged splash in white liquid, one holding some kind of particle collision trail set

Space

What came before the big bang?

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How does a bicycle stay upright?

Physics

How does a bicycle stay upright?

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Quantum weirdness proved real in first loophole-free experiment

Physics

Quantum weirdness proved real in first loophole-free experiment

A century-long debate about whether quantum mechanics described reality or masked a deeper layer, as Einstein suggested, has concluded – quantum reality won

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Space

Knotty network could have powered universe's early growth spurt

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Physics

I've taught computers to paint portraits – and how to code

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Life

Our number's up: Machines will do maths we'll never understand

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Humans

How creative computers will dream up things we'd never imagine

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