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A study by physicists affiliated with the Foundational Questions Institute (FQxI) found that time ...

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The way time ticks forward in our universe has long stumped physicists. Now, a new set of tools from entangled atoms to black ...

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Gravity is supposed to be the most familiar force in nature, yet at the deepest level it remains the least understood. A bold ...

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Quantum mechanics has always carried a quiet tension. At its core, the theory allows particles to exist in many states at ...