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Here's the real reason we don't have nuclear fusion yet
Nuclear fusion is what powers the Sun and the stars – unleashing huge amounts of energy through the binding together of light elements such as hydrogen and helium.If fusion power were harnessed...
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This photo shows a mysterious mechanism of the sun that has baffled...
From 93 million miles away, we earthlings are blissfully unaware of the sheer magnitude of powerful activity roiling on the the sun's surface. But thanks to NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson says the moment he fell in love with astrophysics came...
Many years ago the world-famous astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson was just a kid in the Bronx without even the hint of a dream to study the universe. But, as he tells Stephen Colbert, all of that...
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The world's largest particle accelerator just broke another world record —...
On May 20 the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) broke a world energy record. It's now smashing particles together with nearly twice as much energy as the old record, and it's going to start churning out data...
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5 ways the world's most controversial telescope could revolutionize astronomy
The Thirty Meter Telescope on the summit of a mountain in Hawaii will be the most powerful optical telescope on Earth. It will be a true game-changer for astronomy.That is, if it's actually...
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Physicists are still puzzled by a particle that seems to defy the laws of...
On the night of October 15, 1991, the “Oh-My-God” particle streaked across the Utah sky.A cosmic ray from space, it possessed 320 exa-electron volts (EeV) of energy, millions of times more than...
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Physicist and Star Trek screenwriter Leonard Mlodinow: "In 2035, we'll all be...
Renowned physicist and Star Trek screenwriter Leonard Mlodinow has some pretty awe ome predictions about the future, which we got to hear when we caught up with him recently here in New York.For one,...
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A bizarre property of water is flooding coastal cities like New Orleans
You can squeeze and compress water all you want, and under normal conditions its volume won’t budge.But if you heat up water, its volume expands — and it's precisely this effect, which is playing out...
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The physics of Doctor Who's awesome time-traveling ship aren't exactly...
The time-traveling box in "Doctor Who," called the TARDIS, is easily the coolest part of the show. It's capable of traveling any direction through space and time — so it can visit any planet at any...
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The LHC is the largest machine ever built by humans — here’s the plan for an...
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is a giant 17-mile underground loop full of supercooled magnets, thirty-foot particle detectors, and miles of accelerator tubes.It's the largest machine that humans have...
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Scientists just created the coldest substance on Earth, and it has some...
Physicists have chilled molecules to just a smidgen above absolute zero — colder than the afterglow of the Big Bang.Scientists have created such superchilled atoms, these are the coldest molecules...
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A new physics discovery could change our understanding of the universe
The standard model of particle physics, which describes every particle we know of and how they interact, was given much credence when the Higgs boson was discovered in 2012. Now, measurements of a rare...
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The world is about to experience a minute that lasts 61 seconds
Paris (AFP) - Question: When is a minute not a minute?The answer: At 2359 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) on June 30, when the world will experience a minute that will last 61 seconds.The reason for the...
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Watch this flowerpot create fire that burns underwater
This flowerpot full of red powder looks pretty innocuous. But when ignited with a strip of magnesium and a blowtorch, it yields a molten metal so hot it keeps burning underwater. The red powder in...
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There’s a giant hole that’s draining a lake on the border of Oklahoma and...
Like something straight out of "The Twilight Zone", a swirling vortex has opened up in a giant lake on the border of Oklahoma and Texas.The gaping hole — which appeared recently in Lake Texoma —...
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Top Navy scientist says 'there will definitely be' system failures because of...
On June 30, humanity will “spring forward” by tacking a much-needed second onto the tail end of the month. John Oliver has already planned elaborate leap-second festivities, but it may be a bit early...
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John Oliver created a whole website of hilarious ways to spend your extra...
Tonight, June 30, at 23:59:59 GMT, an extra second will be added to the day. And thanks to John Oliver, you can now waste this second with a random, 1-second video.Every few years, a "leap second" has...
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Researchers put a beatboxer in an MRI and were amazed by what they found
Using the mouth, lips, tongue and voice to generate sounds that one might never expect to come from the human body is the specialty of the artists known as beatboxers. Now scientists have used scanners...
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This disgusting video shows the mysterious science of beatboxing in slow motion
As any amateur rapper knows, simulating the beat of a drum or the scratch of a turntable with nothing other than the lips, voice, mouth, and tongue takes skill.When done properly, a master can trick an...
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Science explains how American soccer star Carli Lloyd made the shots that...
David Beckham isn't the only one who knows how to bend a ball.Soccer star Carli Lloyd showed off her ball control skills yesterday in the US women's team's world cup victory against Japan.In the first...
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