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Here’s what happens when 2 proton beams collide at nearly the speed of light
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) — the largest machine humans have ever built — specializes in hurling protons at each other at nearly the speed of light. It was powered up on April 5 after two years of...
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Scientists have just created the best map yet of one of the most mysterious...
Astronomers have created the largest map yet of the mysterious, invisible substance called dark matter that makes up nearly a quarter of the universe.The map is a result from the Dark Energy Survey...
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The truth about the mysterious center of the universe
BI Answers: Where is the center of the universe?Type "Where is the center of the universe?" into Google and you'll be surprised to learn that it's actually an art gallery in Brooklyn, New York.Of...
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Here’s why we should be really excited about quantum computers
Even if the word "quantum" doesn't immediately scare you away, a quantum computer still sounds like a wacky concept grounded in science fiction, not reality.But recent breakthroughs in the field...
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7 awesome ways quantum computers will change the world
Superfast computers built on the bizarre principles of quantum physics are coming, and when they finally get here, they're going to change everything.Eric Ladizinsky, cofounder of the quantum computing...
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The world's brightest scientific minds posed for this 1927 photo after...
"Einstein, stop telling God what to do," physicist Niels Bohr once told Albert Einstein, who in a room full of the world's most notable scientific minds argued "God does not play dice." In 1927,...
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The US built a secret replica of Iran's nuclear facilities deep in...
The US government built "a secret replica of Iran’s nuclear facilities"deep in the forests of Tennessee to gain an edge in its negotiations with Iran, reports The New York Times.This "Manhattan Project...
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Scientists just created the most accurate atomic clock ever
An atomic clock that sets the time by the teensy oscillations of strontium atoms has gotten so precise and stable that it will neither gain nor lose a second for the next 15 billion years.The strontium...
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Here’s the physics behind why the Apple Watch's pricier sapphire glass...
The Apple Watch's full-color touchscreen display might look flawless indoors, but it has one big problem:The screen display looks kind of terrible outside.The problem is the glare. When you're standing...
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IBM just brought us a step closer to quantum computers
One of the biggest things holding us back from developing superfast quantum computers is that they're incredibly fragile. The slightest disturbance can cause an error.Now scientists at IBM have figured...
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Here’s why some physicists think we could be living in a hologram universe
Ready your brain. The universe might be two-dimensional, except we perceive it as three-dimensional, according to the Physical Review Letters.In this thought experiment, the flat surface of the...
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A NASA balloon recorded creepy ‘X-files’ sounds coming from the edge of space
Eerie sounds from the edge of space were recorded for the first time in 50 years aboard a NASA student balloon experiment.Infrasound microphones captured the mysterious hisses and whistles 22 miles (36...
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Watch lightning get trapped in this tiny glass box forever
Up to 24,000 people around the world die every year from lightning-related incidents, so you might think this natural phenomenon is something to be feared and avoided. That's not always the case,...
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Here's why we can't travel faster than the speed of light yet
Long before the Empire struck back, before the United Federation of Planets federated, Isaac Asimov created Foundation, the epic tale of the decline and fall of the Galactic Empire. Asimov’s Empire...
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Scientists just discovered a new state of matter that could revolutionize how...
You're familiar with the three most-common states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. But there are at least 15 other states, and a team of scientists recently reported a new phase that could be a game...
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A physicist's brush with death led to an unexpected discovery about lightning
A team of high-flying scientists think they have discovered that pockets of antimatter exist within lightning storms.Like most heavily dramatized scientific discoveries, there was a violent storm...
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Scientists just recreated the universe 1 second after the Big Bang
One of the all-time great mysteries in physics is why our universe contains more matter than antimatter, which is the equivalent of matter but with the opposite charge. To tackle this question, our...
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13 ways wonder material graphene is going to vastly improve a bunch of things...
We are on the brink of a revolution that will completely change the way we use every-day products like cars, clothes, light bulbs, and even water.Leading the way is a fascinating material called...
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A part of physics Einstein didn't believe in is now being used to explain one...
One hundred years after Albert Einstein developed his general theory of relativity, physicists are still stuck with perhaps the biggest incompatibility problem in the universe.The smoothly warped...
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Here’s what scientists really wanted to call the world’s most famous particle
If you're talking to a physicist about the Higgs boson, whatever you do, do not call it by its media-hyped nickname the "God Particle."You're almost guaranteed to elicit a wince, a grimace, or in the...
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