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![How It Works issue 163 - the nervous system](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/QqDL7uuGqn2XE2coQRrrtU-320-80.jpg)
How It Works issue 163: Your nervous system explained
By Ben Biggs published
Discover the intricate network of specialised cells that make up your nervous system, and how this command center controls everything from thinking to walking.
![In this illustrative concept image, a black hole is sucking in all the nearby matter in space.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5yyL8eEKjNYnWzPSZYjfGE-320-80.jpg)
Black holes may grow quantum 'hair'
By Stephanie Pappas published
The quantum state of a black hole's gravitational field may hold clues as to what is beyond the event horizon.
![The weird effect is a result of quantum particles being both waves and particles.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PdX2QTBQ8vTY2fb2jVXB9W-320-80.jpg)
Weird quantum boomerang predicted 60 years ago spotted for the first time
By Ben Turner published
The effect has been predicted for more than 60 years.
![researchers discovered how to create and manipulate a quantum phenomenon known as a "domain wall" - shown in this image as the lighter line between two groups of atoms. (Image adapted and color added from experiment data.)](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/hvttsBx5KBW8zf7zPPpx8o-320-80.jpg)
Physicists create bizarre quantum 'domain walls' in new experiment
By Ashley Hamer published
Strange 'domain walls' act like independent quantum object in the new experiment.
![This conceptual image shows the Big Bang and the beginning of the universe, with galaxies and other stellar clusters exploding from a central point on a cosmic background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/RcytBTB6drT9WmEStQrZog-320-80.jpg)
Weird quantum objects known as Q balls could explain why we exist
By Ashley Hamer published
Bizarre quantum objects called Q balls could explain why the universe if filled with matter and ultimately why we exist.
![The new material works by forming triangles out of an atom's spin states.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AVLWV2PvJgo2DmbCyH48hg-320-80.jpg)
Physicists create new state of matter from quantum soup of magnetically weird particles
By Ben Turner published
The messy quantum soup of spin states allows for quantum entanglement across an entire material.
![Blue laser light used by one of the experiments to detect the increased transparency of the gas.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7SijWTVX6G7vkgcgzpdmkR-320-80.jpg)
Weird quantum effect that can turn matter invisible finally demonstrated
By Ben Turner published
The effect, called Pauli blocking, has been predicted for 30 years. Scientists just proved it for the first time.
![The time crystal was created inside Google's Sycamore chip, which is kept cool inside their quantum cryostat.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/qAnnP7kXDiHNN4g5DU3iai-320-80.jpg)
Otherworldly 'time crystal' made inside Google quantum computer could change physics forever
By Ben Turner published
The crystals neatly sidestep some of physics' most iron-clad laws.
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