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What Happened Before the Big Bang?
April 17, 2019 | ArticleThe Big Bang is commonly thought of as the start of it all: About 13.8 billion years ago, the observable universe went boom and expanded into being. But what were things like before the Big Bang?
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The Quest to Find One of the Most Elusive Particle Decays in the Universe
April 17, 2019 | Article...and break the laws of physics.
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Physicists Think You Could Be Rescued from a Black Hole — But Don't Risk It
April 15, 2019 | ArticleResearchers have developed a new, unspeakably dangerous, and incredibly slow method of crossing the universe. It involves wormholes linking special black holes that probably don't exist.
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Can Any Animal Breathe Fire Like the Mythical Dragon?
April 13, 2019 | ArticleDrogon, Viserion and Rhaegal in HBO's "Game of Thrones" can breathe fire. But can any real animal pull off this fiery defense?
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What If Winter Lasted for Years Like It Does on 'Game of Thrones'?
April 12, 2019 | ArticleIt'd be cold, very cold
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Is Dark Matter Fuzzy?
April 11, 2019 | ArticleThese particles would be much tinier than electrons.
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Why Giant Tortoise Sex Became the Basis of a Key 'Game of Thrones' Sound Effect
April 09, 2019 | ArticleNo, that's not a real dragon purring in the background of "Game of Thrones"; it's just a giant male tortoise moaning.
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A Mathematician Just Solved a Deceptively Simple Puzzle That Has Boggled Minds for 64 Years
April 02, 2019 | ArticleCan you add three cubed numbers and get 33? A mathematician just did, and it took only a few quadrillion attempts.
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Mosquitoes Sucked Less Blood (and Had Less Sex) While Listening to Skrillex, Study Finds
April 01, 2019 | ArticleIn a blow to dubstep fans everywhere, a team of insect researchers has found that female mosquitoes listening to Skrillex had less sex and sucked less blood than mosquitoes who spent 10 minutes in silence.
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Physicists Just Detected a Very Odd Particle That Isn't a Particle at All
April 01, 2019 | Article'm a particle that really isn't; I vanish before I can even be detected, yet can be seen. I break your understanding of physics but don't overhaul your knowledge. Who am I?
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