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This alcohol-laced comet spewed 500 wine bottles' worth of booze per second

Comet Lovejoy is carrying the ingredients for a raging celestial happy hour.When the frozen comet passed by the sun earlier this year, part of it thawed and started spewing a huge stream of ethyl...

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This bizarre experiment just produced the best evidence yet of the universe's...

A group of Dutch physicists have shown that one of the weirdest, most puzzling ideas in the universe is real.Well, almost.The idea is part of quantum mechanics, a theory of physics that describes how...

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China 'to start work on super, super-collider by 2020'

Beijing (AFP) - China will begin work on the world's largest super-collider in 2020, state-run media reported Thursday, in an attempt to increase understanding of the Higgs boson, or "god particle".The...

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Astronomers just saw a monster black hole do something shocking

Black holes are some of the most mysterious, frightening, and — paradoxically — brightest objects in the cosmos.Supermassive black holes in particular, which can outweigh the sun millions of times,...

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If the zombie apocalypse happens, scientists say you should head for the hills

If — or when — the zombie apocalypse comes, those of us in big cities are in trouble, according to research presented at the American Physical Society March meeting on March 5, 2015.Starting in a big...

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Do this simple experiment with a piece of paper to understand how airplanes...

We've all heard that Bernoulli's principle is the reason that airplanes fly.This physical phenomenon has been illustrated in different ways and described endlessly, but it's still difficult to...

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Why physicists are fascinated by Vincent van Gogh's episodes of 'psychotic...

"This morning I saw the countryside from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big," Vincent van Gogh wrote in a letter to his brother.He was...

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Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how 'Star Wars' lightsabers could actually work

"Star Wars" lightsabers are a novel idea. They're lightweight, portable, and their laser-like beams can cut through just about anything. Unfortunately, the reality isn't so simple. Astrophysicist and...

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The incredible physics of Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer Marc Márquez demonstrates the limits of science, math and physics as he races in Spielberg, Austria.Video courtesy of Red BullFollow BI Video: On FacebookRead...

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The incredible story of the scientist who launched a nuclear age

Above all else, Marie Curie was a scientist with remarkable insight. But to the science contemporaries of her time, Curie was a woman, who happened to study science.At times she was overlooked for her...

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This high school student just won $400,000 for making absurdly complex...

When high school student Ryan Chester heard that Silicon Valley's prestigious Breakthrough Prize would include a new category for an outstanding science video, he decided to go big and tackle a...

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This high school student just won $400,000 for making absurdly complex...

When high school student Ryan Chester heard that Silicon Valley's prestigious Breakthrough Prize would include a new category for an outstanding science video, he decided to go big and tackle a...

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This clever DIY convertible standing desk costs just $29 to make

If you've got a spare $29 lying around, Scott Rumschlag has a proposition for you.Instead of sitting at your desk for eight hours each day, consider channeling your inner carpenter to build a totally...

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5 things Albert Einstein got totally wrong

Albert Einstein changed the world forever 100 years ago this month by publishing his theory of general relativity.Relativity is now a centerpiece of modern physics, the reason GPS satellites and mobile...

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5 things Albert Einstein got totally wrong

Albert Einstein changed the world forever 100 years ago this month by publishing his theory of general relativity.Relativity is now a centerpiece of modern physics, the reason GPS satellites and mobile...

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China is on the verge of solving one of the most important mysteries in physics

The Chinese Academy of Science has created a space probe to investigate dark matter.  The probe has the widest range of particle behavior detection in the world.Produced by Monica Manalo. Video...

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Researchers have written quantum code on a silicon chip for the first time

For the first time, Australian engineers have demonstrated that they can write and manipulate the quantum version of computer code on a silicon microchip. This was done by entangling two quantum bits...

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This unprecedented South Pole lab is cracking the mysteries of ghost particles

Standing at the South Pole is the next-best thing to being on another planet.If you walk a few hundred yards away from the buildings that make up the National Science Foundation’s research station, you...

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One of Einstein's most famous quotes is often completely misinterpreted

One of Albert Einstein's most famous quotes is, "God does not play dice with the universe."But there are two huge errors in the way many people have interpreted this quote over the years. People have...

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Here's what Einstein really meant when he said 'God does not play dice'

One of Albert Einstein's most famous quotes is, "God does not play dice with the universe."But there are two huge errors in the way many people have interpreted this quote over the years. People have...

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