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Physics

Bananas and jazz help us penetrate physics – but only so far

Bananaworld and two other books on theoretical physics show that intuition and the smart metaphors it spawns can never replace serious maths

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Life

Feedback: Blue miracle tonic is high on pH, low on evidence

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Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

Technology

Puzzle game launched to help program quantum computers

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Physics

Feedback: Quantum theory and the science of queueing

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Space

Beyond experiment: Why the scientific method may be old hat

Features

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Physics

With science if at first you don’t succeed, keep trying

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Quantum weirdness may hide an orderly reality after all

Physics

Quantum weirdness may hide an orderly reality after all

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Competition: Your chance to have a sci-fi idea made into a film

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Space

Feedback: Mars is blue, says chronicler of space oddities

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Frozen quantum gas tied into knots for the first time

Physics

Frozen quantum gas tied into knots for the first time

Exotic quantum matter has been coaxed into elegant knots, which could aid new theories of fundamental particles

News

Space

Can burping black holes reveal the true fabric of the universe?

Features

Physics

How maths can help you create the perfect Christmas Day

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Humans

Finding brewtopia: Lager made the Â鶹´«Ã½ way

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Humans

Tipping point: The trouble with fatuous gratuities

Features

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