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NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

Space

NASA engineer's 'helical engine' may violate the laws of physics

A NASA engineer has published plans for an engine that could accelerate a rocket without using propellant. But there are questions over whether it could work

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What the quark?! Why matter's most basic building blocks may not exist

Physics

What the quark?! Why matter's most basic building blocks may not exist

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xkcd comic creator Randall Munroe on the thrill of physics

Physics

xkcd comic creator Randall Munroe on the thrill of physics

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What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality

Physics

What is space-time? The true origins of the fabric of reality

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Artist's impression of a hydrogen atom

Physics

How big is a proton? We may finally have the answer to this puzzle

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Scientists win millions in the 2020 Breakthrough Prize

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The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics

Mind

The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics

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Einstein’s black holes are not the black holes we see in reality

Space

Einstein’s black holes are not the black holes we see in reality

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particle accelerator artwork

Physics

The age of giant particle accelerators like the LHC may be over

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Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate

Physics

Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate

Our best models of cosmology suggest the universe will either go on forever, implode or rip itself apart. A new proposal suggests an even weirder destiny

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Earth

Earth's helium is running out and it has dire consequences for science

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Special relativity

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Cosmic inflation

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