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Whether it's the forces that keep athletes twirling, the weird laws governing the quantum realm, or the far-out ideas of time travel and alternate universes, physics and mathematics cover a lot of interesting territory. Our team of expert science writers and editors are here to demystify these concepts with clarity and accuracy, keeping you up to date with the latest physics news, discoveries, articles and features.
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Science news this weekA mini-universe recreates time, arctic ice gets thickened, one of the oldest graves of a free Black person in the US found, and the first photo from a secretive Chinese mission to a quasi moon. -
NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS following upgrades to mini-fridge-sized quantum lab -
Physicists develop the first working model of quantum mechanics using only 'real' numbers10 Comments -
Physicist demonstrates a key theory of time by building a 'mini-universe' in his lab3 Comments -
CERN shuts down Large Hadron Collider until 2030 for powerful new upgrades -
Water might secretly be a mix of 2 different liquids, scientists say9 Comments
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How likely are you to find a message in a bottle? -
Pi has been calculated to trillions of digits — is that completely irrational?5 Comments -
OpinionAI just verified a proof that earned one of math's most prestigious prizes. Math will never be the same4 Comments -
'Proof by intimidation': AI is confidently solving 'impossible' math problems. But can it convince the world's top mathematicians?5 Comments -
Science history: Sophie Germain, first woman to win France's prestigious 'Grand Mathematics Prize' is snubbed when tickets to award ceremony are 'lost in the mail' — Jan. 9, 1816 -
How many holes does the human body have? -
AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians? -
Law of 'maximal randomness' explains how broken objects shatter in the most annoying way possible2 Comments -
Science history: Russian mathematician quietly publishes paper — and solves one of the most famous unsolved conjectures in mathematics — Nov. 11, 200240 Comments
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CERN shuts down Large Hadron Collider until 2030 for powerful new upgrades
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'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists tried splitting a photon — and unleashed an improbable swarm of particles35 Comments -
The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics2 Comments -
Physicists witness pinpricks of darkness moving faster than the speed of light47 Comments -
Physicists created an electron 'catapult' that moves particles at 'extraordinary' speed -
Scientists taught robots to swim through mazes using Einstein's relativity -
Physicists recreated the first millisecond after the Big Bang — and found it was surprisingly soupy8 Comments -
Upgrade to Antarctica 'ghost particle' observatory could pave the way to physics breakthroughs -
Dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at 'fundamental breakthrough' in particle physics14 Comments
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NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS following upgrades to mini-fridge-sized quantum lab
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Physicists achieve 'perfect randomness' for the first time ever4 Comments -
Physicists confirm 'negative time' is real in mind-bending quantum experiment12 Comments -
Physicists entangle two moving atoms for the first time, validating 'spooky' quantum theory6 Comments -
Physicists push quantum boundaries by turning a superfluid into a supersolid — and back — for the first time -
Scientists smash record for superposition, bringing quantum world tantalizingly close to reality4 Comments -
'Paraparticles' would be a third kingdom of quantum particle -
Physicists take step toward a 'theory of everything'29 Comments -
Physicists spot elusive 'free-range' atoms ineracting in space for first time ever6 Comments
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Science news this weekA mini-universe recreates time, arctic ice gets thickened, one of the oldest graves of a free Black person in the US found, and the first photo from a secretive Chinese mission to a quasi moon.
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NASA is creating a fifth state of matter on the ISS following upgrades to mini-fridge-sized quantum lab
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Physicists develop the first working model of quantum mechanics using only 'real' numbers10 Comments
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Physicist demonstrates a key theory of time by building a 'mini-universe' in his lab3 Comments
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CERN shuts down Large Hadron Collider until 2030 for powerful new upgrades
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Water might secretly be a mix of 2 different liquids, scientists say9 Comments
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'A mixture from zero to infinity': Physicists tried splitting a photon — and unleashed an improbable swarm of particles35 Comments
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The world's first nuclear clock just ticked on — and it could help detect a fifth fundamental force of physics2 Comments
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Richard Feynman's forgotten notes on 'the restaurant problem' finally deciphered8 Comments -
Life's Little MysteriesWhy can't we figure out how strong gravity is?8 Comments
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