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Singularities in Space-Time Prove Hard to Kill

AI Starts to Sift Through String Theory’s Near-Endless Possibilities

Echoes of Electromagnetism Found in Number Theory

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How the Physics of Nothing Underlies Everything

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Physicists Rewrite the Fundamental Law That Leads to Disorder

A Deepening Crisis Forces Physicists to Rethink Structure of Nature’s Laws

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The New Thermodynamic Understanding of Clocks

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A New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s Secrets

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The Most Famous Paradox in Physics Nears Its End

Closed Loophole Confirms the Unreality of the Quantum World

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Physicists Find a Way to See the ‘Grin’ of Quantum Gravity

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How the Universe Got Its Bounce Back

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Newfound Wormhole Allows Information to Escape Black Holes

Grand Unification Dream Kept at Bay

What Sonic Black Holes Say About Real Ones

What No New Particles Means for Physics