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The waiter robot ONYRO of the Ipsum Tek French company is displayed during the 8th edition of the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair, at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, on May 23, 2024. (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA / AFP) (Photo by MIGUEL MEDINA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Forget the Terminators, our robot future may be squishy and fun

It is uncanny how human fears about robots mirror those about immigrants. But maybe they aren't out to take our jobs or destroy us all, says Annalee Newitz

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Physics quantum and quantum superposition

Physics

How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real

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A 3d rendered image of particles

Physics

The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality

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Earth

Why geoengineering is no longer a complete taboo for scientists

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Chair on a jetty

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How metaphysics probes hidden assumptions to make sense of reality

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People view superconducting quantum computer model during the 8th Digital China Summit at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center on April 29, 2025 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. The summit highlights the country's strides in digital transformation and the expansion of its digital economy. (Photo by Zhang Bin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) 2212665605

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At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for

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An infected in Columbia Pictures' 28 YEARS LATER.

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Danny Boyle's long-awaited zombie sequel 28 Years Later is a triumph

Culture

Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island

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Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island

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Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo of an aurora taken from the International Space Station to Twitter on August 15, 2015

Physics

The radical idea that space-time remembers could upend cosmology

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Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core

Earth

Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than previously thought

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Physics

Giant atoms 'trapped' for record time at room temperature

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Physics

Why John Stewart Bell has been haunting quantum mechanics for decades

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Physics

Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time

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Physics

Fabulous time travel novel is part-thriller and part-romance

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