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Oldest, biggest black holes may have come from enormous stars
ESO/M.KommesserByLeahCraneTheearliestsupermassiveblackholesmayhavebeenbigtostartwith.Ifso...
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Could fast radio bursts really be powering alien space ships?
M.Weiss/CfAByLeahCraneArealienradiobeamscausingoneofthemostmysterioussignalsfromspace?AnewstudybyManasviLingamandAviLoebatHarvardsaysthatfastradiobursts(FRBs)couldcomefromextraterrestrialradiobeam...
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Gravitational waves slow the spin of shape-shifting neutron star
NASA'sGoddardSpaceFlightCenterByLeahCranePutonthebrakes.Aspinningneutronstarthatshiftsbetweentwostatesslowsatafasterrateinoneofthem–andgravitationalwavesmayberesponsible.TheneutronstarJ1023+0038spinsa...
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Special glasses give people superhuman colour vision
MikhailKatsandBradGundlachByChrisBaraniukIt’ssometimespracticallyimpossibletotellsimilarcoloursapart.Evensidebyside...
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金沙棋牌手机版:Rules of attraction: Why it's time to rethink how gravity works
JulienPacaudByMarkAndersonGRAVITYissupposedtobereliable.It’sthefamiliarforcethatkeepsourfeetonthegroundandEarth’satmospherefromhurtlingintospace.Ongranderscales...
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Inside knowledge: Is information the only thing that exists?
Lessandroencarnacao/Stockimo/AlamyStockPhotoByAnilAnanthaswamy“ITFROMbit.”Thisphrase...
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金沙棋牌手机版:Geoengineering the sky is scary but we need to test it now
NASAFewscientistsworkingonwaystogeoengineertheatmospheretocoolEarththinkit’sanythingbutascaryidea.Unfortunately...
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Celebrate pi day with 9 trillion more digits than ever before
DavidParker/SPL/GettyByTimothyRevellThispiday...
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How dark matter lost its shine for me
AndrewSpearWhendidyoubecomeawareofdarkmatter?Itookaclassinthemid-1980sinwhichastrophysicistScottTremainesaidithadtoexist.Theclasswassceptical...
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Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness
SamChiversByAnilAnanthaswamyINOCTOBER1951...
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The string-loop theory that might finally untangle the universe
DomenicBahmannByJonCartwrightASTHEbellringsforthefinalround...
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Keep an open mind on dark matter and rivals that do away with it
JulienPacaudASKmostcosmologistsandthey’lltellyouthemajorityofmatterintheuniverseisinvisible.Thecasefordarkmatterisconsideredsooverwhelmingthatallthatislefttodoisfindit.Hencethemultibillion-dollarindus...
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Electrified sand could explain Titan’s odd backward-facing dunes
NASA/JPL-CaltechByLeahCraneThelawsofattractionruleTitan’ssands.StaticelectricityclumpingupsandcouldexplainthestrangedunesonSaturn’slargestmoon.Titanisahazymoonwithathick...
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Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010
BryanChan/GettyByFredPearceTheTrumpadministrationlastmonthrevivedcontroversialplanstoburytheUS’sgrowingstockpileofhighlyradioactivespentfuelfromnuclearpowerplantsandweaponsfactoriesintunnelsdugintoYuc...
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Oddball star could be home to long-sought superheavy elements
AlanDyer/StocktrekImages/GettyByJesseEmspakItisafabledplace...
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Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation
NASAByAbigailBeallMarscanblameJupiterforitssmallstature.TheRedPlanetmaybemuchsmallerthanweexpectbecauseJupiter’sgravitybeatitupasitwasforming.Modelsofoursolarsystem’sformationsuggestthatMarsshouldbebe...
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Magnets, boiling kettles and the secret code underlying reality
JoriBoltonByGabrielPopkinSOMEpeopleseethefutureintealeaves.DavidSimmons-Duffinismoreinterestedintheboilingwater.Thejostlingofwatermoleculesastheyturnfromliquidtogasrepresentsaproblemthat...
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Fuzzy pulsars orbiting black holes could unmask quantum gravity
MarkGarlick/SPLByJesseEmspakWANTtogettothebottomofoneofthebiggestmysteriesinscience?Thebestwaymightbetocatchsightofafast-spinningstellarcorpse.Generalrelativity...
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Cooling to absolute zero mathematically outlawed after a century
plainpicture/BerndSchumacherByLeahCraneIT’Sanabsolute.Mathematicshasputspeedlimitsoncooling...
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Seven ways to skin Schrödinger’s cat
RyanSchneider/GettyByRichardWebb“Ifyouthinkyouunderstandquantummechanics...
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Stray supermassive black hole flung away by gravitational waves
ESA/HubbleByLeahCraneLikeacosmictrampolinegonetoofar...
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Oldest dust ever spotted in the universe seen in distant galaxy
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLAByShannonHallTheearlyuniversewasfilthy.Thatmuchcanbegarneredfromanewdetectionofcosmicdustinagalaxywhoselightreachesusfromwhentheuniversewasonly600millionyearsold.Inthepast10years...
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Peter Higgs on knowledge, immortality and the future of physics
PhilMcCarthy/RoyalCommissionfortheExhibitionof1851You’reinLondontoreceivethe1851RoyalCommissionmedalforoutstandinginfluenceonscience.Aren’tyouboredofmedalsandprizesbynow...
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The economic jungle: How ecologists could save banking
THEworld’sfinancialsystemreallyislikeajungle–arealisationthatmaysaveitfromdisaster.AnecologicaltheoristandtheBankofEngland’sheadofstabilityhaveteameduptoshowthatifyouapplythemathematicalmodelsusedinec...
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金沙棋牌手机版:Atom counting helps kilogram watch its weight
ByPaulMarks(Image:BIPM)AtaconferenceattheRoyalSocietyinLondonthisweek...
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金沙棋牌手机版:Ethereal quantum state stored in solid crystal
ByStephenBattersbyETHEREALquantumentanglementhasbeencapturedinsolidcrystals...
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Dark matter: What happens next?
ByDanHooperReadmore:“InstantExpert:Darkmatter“Darkmatterisatacrossroads.Fewproblemshavereceivedmoreattentionfromphysicistsandastronomersinrecentyearsthantryingtodiscoverwhatitisandhowitworks.Sof...
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Bees follow polarised light through a maze
ByWendyZukermanBeesnavigatebythesun–sohowdotheymanagewhenit’scloudy?Itturnsoutthattheyreadcluestothehiddensun’spositioninpolarisedlight–asdidtheVikings...
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Coriolis-like effect found 184 years before Coriolis
ByMacGregorCampbellThecosmoslovesirony.WhiletryingtoprovethattheEarthisfixedinspace...
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Mystery flares betray hidden force within Crab nebula
ByRachelCourtlandForgettheLargeHadronCollider:aninterstellardustcloudcalledtheCrabnebulahasbeenidentifiedasthemostpowerfulknownparticleacceleratorintheuniverse.Butexactlyhowitboostsparticlestorecord...
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Quantum reality: The many meanings of life
ByMichaelBrooksEditorial:“Don’tfearthef-wordinquantumphysics“Quantumtheoryisascientificmasterpiece–butphysicistsstillaren’tsurewhattomakeofitACENTURY...
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Bestselling string theorist: Betting on the multiverse
ByAmandaGefterPhysicistBrianGreenewaspropelledintothespotlightthankstoTheElegantUniverse...
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How to cook up 'foamy' space-time in the lab
ByRachelCourtlandCanthewaytheuniversebehavesatthetiniestscalesberecreatedinthelaboratory?PhysicistIgorSmolyaninovoftheUniversityofMarylandinCollegeParkhasarecipeforcookingupalab-scaleversionofa“qua...
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Scorn over claim of teleported DNA
ByAndyCoghlanEditorial:“Whywehavetoteleportdisbelief”ANobelprizewinnerisreportingthatDNAcanbegeneratedfromitsteleported“quantumimprint”ASTORMofscepticismhasgreetedexperimentalresultsemergingfromthe...
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Casting a critical eye on climate models
ByAnilAnanthaswamyToday’sclimatemodelsaremoresophisticatedthanever–butthey’restilllimitedbyourknowledgeoftheEarth.Sohowwelldotheyreallywork?CLIMATEGATE.Glaciergate.Thepastyearorsohasbeenasordidtime...
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Thunderstorms caught making antimatter
ByDavidShigaThunderstormshavebeencaughtproducingoneofthemostmysterioussubstancesintheuniverse:antimatter.Thediscoverycouldfurtherourunderstandingofthemurkyphysicsoflightningproduction.NASA’sFermis...
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Deep meaning in Ramanujan's 'simple' pattern
ByJacobAronThefirstsimpleformulahasbeenfoundforcalculatinghowmanywaysanumbercanbecreatedbyaddingtogetherothernumbers...
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Ancient puzzle gets new lease of 'geomagical' life
ByJacobAronAnancientmathematicalpuzzlethathasfascinatedmathematiciansforcenturieshasfoundanewleaseoflife.ThemagicsquareisthebasisforSudoku...
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Stretchy DNA shows off its elastic qualities
ByMacGregorCampbellYOGAfanstakenote.DNAcanstretchtonearlytwiceitslengthwithoutbreaking.Thediscoverycouldhelptodevelopanti-cancerdrugs.Italsopointstoamoreprosaicrolefortheblueprintoflife...
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Make way for mathematical matter
ByMichaelBrooksEditorial:“Thedeepvalueofmathematics”WEALREADYhavesolid...
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Last chance to hold Greenland back from tipping point
ByAnilAnanthaswamyNewdataandmodelsshowthatGreenland’sicecap...
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Car batteries run on relativity
ByJeffHechtThankrelativityeverytimeyourcarstarts.Lead-acidbatteriesgetabout80percentoftheirvoltagefromspecialrelativisticeffects.Thetransferofelectronsbetweentwoformsofleadinthebatteriesyieldsapotenti...
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Vikings' crystal clear method of navigation
ByAndyCoghlanVikingsagasmayhavebeenmoretruthfulthanwerealised.Crystal“sunstones”couldhavehelpedVikingsailorstonavigateevenwhencloudorfoghidthesun.Vikingsnavigatedusingsundialscalibratedtoshowthedirect...
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First silicon entanglement will aid quantum computing
ByRachelCourtlandThestateofentanglementhasbeencreatedinsiliconforthefirsttime.Thefeatcouldleadtoquantumcomputersmadelikeordinarycomputerchips.Particlesinthequantumrealmareentanglediftheactofmeasuringo...
