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Whether it's the forces that keep athletes twirling, the weird laws governing the quantum realm, or the far-out ideas of time travel and alternate universes, physics and mathematics cover a lot of interesting territory. Our team of expert science writers and editors are here to demystify these concepts with clarity and accuracy, keeping you up to date with the latest physics news, discoveries, articles and features.
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Scientists smash record for superposition, bringing quantum world tantalizingly close to reality
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Standard model of cosmology holds up in massive 6-year study of the universe
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Dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at 'fundamental breakthrough' in particle physics
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Record-breaking gravitational wave puts Einstein's relativity to its toughest test yet — and proves him right again
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Upgrade to Antarctica 'ghost particle' observatory could pave the way to physics breakthroughs
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Physicists push quantum boundaries by turning a superfluid into a supersolid — and back — for the first time
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Scientists smash record for superposition, bringing quantum world tantalizingly close to reality
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Dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at 'fundamental breakthrough' in particle physics
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Science history: Sophie Germain, first woman to win France's prestigious 'Grand Mathematics Prize' is snubbed when tickets to award ceremony are 'lost in the mail' — Jan. 9, 1816
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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959
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Science history: Sophie Germain, first woman to win France's prestigious 'Grand Mathematics Prize' is snubbed when tickets to award ceremony are 'lost in the mail' — Jan. 9, 1816
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How many holes does the human body have?
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AI is solving 'impossible' math problems. Can it best the world's top mathematicians?
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Law of 'maximal randomness' explains how broken objects shatter in the most annoying way possible
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Science history: Russian mathematician quietly publishes paper — and solves one of the most famous unsolved conjectures in mathematics — Nov. 11, 2002
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Mathematicians discover a completely new way to find prime numbers
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'Alien's language' problem that stumped mathematicians for decades may finally be close to a solution
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Mathematics: Facts about counting, equations, and infamous unsolved problems
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When was math invented?
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Upgrade to Antarctica 'ghost particle' observatory could pave the way to physics breakthroughs
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Dark matter and neutrinos may interact, hinting at 'fundamental breakthrough' in particle physics
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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959
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Historic search for 'huge missing piece' of the universe reveals new secrets of particle physics
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World's largest neutrino detector starts up — with incredible results
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For the first time, physicists peer inside the nucleus of a molecule using electrons as a probe
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What are the 'magic numbers' in nuclear physics?
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Why does the universe exist?
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Scientists watch a single electron move during a chemical reaction for first time ever
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Physicists push quantum boundaries by turning a superfluid into a supersolid — and back — for the first time
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Scientists smash record for superposition, bringing quantum world tantalizingly close to reality
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'Paraparticles' would be a third kingdom of quantum particle
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Physicists take step toward a 'theory of everything'
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Physicists spot elusive 'free-range' atoms ineracting in space for first time ever
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Scientists claim to find 'first observational evidence supporting string theory,' which could finally reveal the nature of dark energy
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'Einstein's equations need to be refined': Tweaks to general relativity could finally explain what lies at the heart of a black hole
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The shape of light: Scientists reveal image of an individual photon for 1st time ever
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Quantum physicists discover 'negative time' in strange experiment
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Science history: Richard Feynman gives a fun little lecture — and dreams up an entirely new field of physics — Dec. 29, 1959
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How many holes does the human body have?
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Science history: Marie Curie discovers a strange radioactive substance that would eventually kill her — Dec. 26, 1898
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