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Peter Higgs, physicist who theorised the Higgs boson, has died aged 94

Nobel prizewinning theoretical physicist Peter Higgs has died aged 94. He proposed the particle that gives other particles mass – now named the Higgs boson and discovered by the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in 2012

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Physicists created an imaginary magnetic field in real life

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Physicists have worked out how to melt any material

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Hyperelastic gel is one of the stretchiest materials known to science

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Hyperelastic gel is one of the stretchiest materials known to science

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Claudia de Rham inside a virtual skydiving experience

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Claudia de Rham: In search of the true nature of gravity

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We've glimpsed something that behaves like a particle of gravity

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Most accurate clock ever can tick for 40 billion years without error

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Claudia de Rham

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The physicist searching for quantum gravity in gravitational rainbows

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Why we need to invoke philosophy to judge bizarre concepts in science

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How to wrap your head around the most mind-bending theories of reality

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How to wrap your head around the most mind-bending theories of reality

From the many worlds interpretation to panpsychism, theories of reality often sound absurd. Here’s how you can figure out which ones to take seriously

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‘Running of the bulls’ festival crowds move like charged particles

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‘Sound laser’ is the most powerful ever made

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Rethinking space and time could let us do away with dark matter

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How one theory ties together everything we know about the universe

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