Category: Science & Space
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The illusion of time
According to theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli, time is an illusion: our naive perception of its flow doesn’t correspond to physical […]
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Astronomers to peer into a black hole for first time with new Event Horizon Telescope
On April 5-14 2017, the team behind the Event Horizon Telescope hopes to test the fundamental theories of black-hole physics […]
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A new glass electrolyte-based solid-state battery has been developed by the researchers at UT Austin. Led by the Li-ion battery […]
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Study reveals substantial evidence of holographic universe
A UK, Canadian and Italian study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could […]
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We just got the first real evidence of a strange quantum distortion in empty space
For the first time, astronomers have observed a strange quantum phenomenon in action, where a neutron star is surrounded by […]
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It’s official: NASA’s peer-reviewed EM Drive paper has finally been published
After months of speculation and leaked documents, NASA’s long-awaited EM Drive paper has finally been peer-reviewed and published. And it shows […]
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Researchers use novel materials to build smallest transistor with 1-nanometer carbon nanotube gate
For more than a decade, engineers have been eyeing the finish line in the race to shrink the size of […]
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Hubble detects giant ‘cannonballs’ shooting from star
Great balls of fire! NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has detected superhot blobs of gas, each twice as massive as the […]
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Time crystals might exist after all
Although spontaneously broken time-translation symmetry has never been observed before, almost every other type of spontaneous symmetry breaking has been. […]
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The wizard war in orbit: Early American signals intelligence satellites
Tales of espionage are filled with lanky men in trenchcoats walking through cold Berlin streets at the height of the […]