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Reliving five eureka moments lost in history

Physics

Reliving five eureka moments lost in history

Water doesn't just boil at 100 °C and chemistry owes a lot to alchemy: recreating long-forgotten experiments provides surprising insights into today's science

Features

Technology

World's biggest magnet to power Indian neutrino hunter

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Eureka relived: Alchemy that's more than magic

Physics

Eureka relived: Alchemy that's more than magic

Features

Mercury may be sole survivor of planetary pile-up

Space

Mercury may be sole survivor of planetary pile-up

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The time illusion: How your brain creates now

Humans

The time illusion: How your brain creates now

Features

Mathematician's anger over his unread 500-page proof

Physics

Mathematician's anger over his unread 500-page proof

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Crashing drops make mini-Armageddon craters

Earth

Crashing drops make mini-Armageddon craters

Regulars

Wind riders: Amazing albatross flight inspires drones

Technology

Wind riders: Amazing albatross flight inspires drones

Features

Gravity's secret: How relativity meets quantum physics

Physics

Gravity's secret: How relativity meets quantum physics

Features

Exclusive: Jane Hawking tells her Theory of Everything

Physics

Exclusive: Jane Hawking tells her Theory of Everything

She married, divorced and then professionally reconciled with science icon Stephen Hawking. Read her feelings about the film that tells their incredible story

CultureLab

Space

After a century of relativity, a new view of gravity

Leader

Space

Galaxy-mapping megacamera falls victim to loose fibres

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Technology

Table-top 'mini-LHC' ramps up to record energy

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Space

How to make an origami universe

Features