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Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper

Physics

Scrunch time: The peculiar physics of crumpled paper

When you crumple up your gift-wrapping paper this year, you'll create a shape so complex that it has defeated the most sophisticated computers

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The dust library

Physics

The dust library

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We have drift off: Balloons to the edge of space

Space

We have drift off: Balloons to the edge of space

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The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves

The hard way: Our odd desire to do it ourselves

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Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists

Physics

Rhyme and reason: The Victorian poet scientists

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Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase

Earth

Scott, Amundsen… and Nobu Shirase

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Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz

Technology

Dot-dash-diss: The gentleman hacker's 1903 lulz

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Entangled diamonds blur quantum-classical divide

Physics

Entangled diamonds blur quantum-classical divide

News

LHC antimatter anomaly hints at new physics

Physics

LHC antimatter anomaly hints at new physics

The Large Hadron Collider has turned up differences in how particles of matter and antimatter decay that the reigning standard model of physics may not be able to explain

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Physics

Ultimate guide to the multiverse

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Space

New results show neutrinos still faster than light

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Space

Atoms find quantum solace in the deep chill of space

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Space

Nothingness: The turbulent life of empty space

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