Tag: cosmos
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Quantum mysteries. Information. Unity.
No one is about to claim that quantum physics is now easy to understand, but maybe it's not quite as devilishly complicated as we thought. New research suggests that two of the quantum world's most mysterious features, the uncertainty principle and wave-particle duality, are simply two sides of a single coin. "The connection between uncertainty…
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Falling drop. Falling asteroid.
If you've ever wondered what an asteroid impact on the Earth would look like in slow motion, have a look at this incredible new video (above) from researchers at the University of Minnesota. In the video, a raindrop stands in for the asteroid, and a layer of sand stands in for the surface of the…
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Fate, Intelligence, Bombs.
On a bright fall day last year off the coast of Southern California, an Air Force B-1 bomber launched an experimental missile that may herald the future of warfare. Initially, pilots aboard the plane directed the missile, but halfway to its destination, it severed communication with its operators. Alone, without human oversight, the missile decided…
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Ghostly presences. False senses. Dasein.
Ghostly presences – the feeling of someone near you when there's no one there – could be down to your brain trying to make sense of conflicting information. For the first time, the brain regions involved in such hallucinations have been identified – and a ghost presence induced in healthy people. The work sheds light…
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Infected by a virus. Thinking. Being alive. Being subjective. Being You.
While conducting a totally separate experiment, a group of scientists from Johns Hopkins and the University of Nebraska accidentally discovered something unexpected and potentially disturbing. A virus was living in the mouths and throats of a good portion of the people in the study, a virus that the researchers didn't think was capable of infecting…
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