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Why exactly is the quantum world so weird?

We can describe the quantum realm using straightforward mathematics – but once we try to translate these ideas into the real world, things get weird. Our quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explains why

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US military wants to grow giant biological structures in space

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US military wants to grow giant biological structures in space

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The best new science fiction books of March 2025

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The best new science fiction books of March 2025

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NASA set to launch SPHEREx space telescope to scan entire sky

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Space

Spacecraft may need to be dirtier to keep astronauts healthy

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Jennifer Walshe

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91av recommends Jennifer Walshe: Zero-gravity opera

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How does astronomy fit into astrophysics – and does it matter?

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How does astronomy fit into astrophysics – and does it matter?

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Images that capture our timeless obsession with the moon

Images that capture our timeless obsession with the moon

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Maybe NASA’s SLS should be cancelled – but not by Elon Musk

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Space

Distant exoplanet may be the most volcanic world ever found

A rocky planet less than half the mass of Earth seems to have an atmosphere made almost entirely of sulphur dioxide – this could be due to a huge amount of volcanic activity

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How meteorites are rewriting the history of the solar system

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Astronomers have spotted the largest known object in the universe

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Physics

The 100-year-old symmetry theorem that is still changing physics today

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The best new science fiction books of February 2025

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