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Stephen Hawking and Colleagues Write Angry Letter Defending Theory

Proving a theory is always difficult, even for the world’s top physicists. In February of this year, three of the world’s top physicists decided to try and disprove...

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Understanding the Speed of Light, How Much do We Know?

You might not think there’s much to know about the speed of light, but you’d be wrong. The actual speed of light in a vacuum is 299,792 kilometers...

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There are No Large Moons in Orbit Around TRAPPIST-1 Planets

A recent study has confirmed that it would be an impossibility for the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system to have any large moons orbiting them. Although the discovery...

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Quantum Computers Sound Great, But Who’s Going to Program Them?

While everyone’s in a rush to get to the end of the quantum computer race, has anyone really given a moment thought as to who will actually program...

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Stephen Hawking Thinks; We have to populate a New Planet Within 100 Years If we want to survive

Last November, professor Stephen Hawking predicted that we’ve got no more than 1,000 years in which to find a new home planet before ours becomes completely uninhabitable. However,...

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Europe Takes Quantum Computing to the Next Level With this Billion Euro Project

The race on quantum technologies is on in a big way. We’ve already seen big investments coming from both China and the United States, and now Europe is...

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Cassini’s First Flight Through Saturn’s Rings Reveals Shocking Data

The Cassini spacecraft has just completed the first part of its grand finale as it flew through the narrow opening between Saturn and its many rings. The information...

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China’s New Type of Quantum Computing Device, Built Inside a Diamond

A new quantum computing process has been developed by a team of Chinese researchers that may one-day help crack complex digital algorithms used in encryption. It involves using...

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Differences Between Bohmian Mechanics and Quantum Mechanics

Despite Bohmian mechanics having been around for at least a century, it’s a viewpoint that’s often overlooked. However, it’s an alternative theory to that of quantum mechanics and...

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Scientists May Have Just Revealed Evidence of the Multiverse

There are many things about the universe that still baffle scientists, and one of those anomalies is the so-called “Cold Spot” that spans 1.8 billion light years across...

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In the Eyes of Science, Is Time Travel Possible?

Most of us have probably sat and daydreamed about what it would be like if we could travel back through time to some point previous in our lives...

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New 2D Quantum Material Can Conduct Electricity at Nearly the Speed of Light

As useful as graphene has proved to be over the past few years, it may be about to be overtaken by a new 2D quantum material in the...

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