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'The chances of you living 50 years are very small': Theoretical physicist explains why humanity likely won't survive to see all the forces unified27 Comments -
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Physicists push quantum boundaries by turning a superfluid into a supersolid — and back — for the first timePhysicists saw excitons, a type of quasiparticle, undergo a reversible phase transition from superfluid to supersolid for the first time, opening new doors for studying extreme states of matter.
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Scientists smash record for superposition, bringing quantum world tantalizingly close to realityResearchers have demonstrated that a nanoparticle of 7,000 sodium atoms can act as a wave, creating a record-setting superposition.
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Dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at 'fundamental breakthrough' in particle physicsAstronomers found evidence that dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at a "fundamental breakthrough" that challenges our understanding of how the universe evolved.
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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, 1816Sophie Germain was a brilliant, self-taught mathematician who won one of France's most prestigious prizes, yet she declined to attend the award ceremony because the committee members didn't respect her work.
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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959In a short talk at Caltech, physicist Richard Feynman laid out a vision of manipulating and controlling atoms at the tiniest scale. It would precede the field of nanotechnology by decades.
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How many holes does the human body have?You might think that the human body has many holes, but that number shrinks when you stop to consider what counts as a hole.
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Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her — Dec. 26, 1898Scientists in Paris discovered two new substances with incredible radioactivity. It earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics but would ultimately kill one of them.
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Crack these scientific numbers and constants and top the leaderboardGuess the number quiz Do you know your mathematical equations from your scientific constants? If you know your numbers then try our daily quiz.
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