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See the latest physics news and expert analysis on dark matter, the multiverse, theoretical and particle physics, quantum theory, and more from the world of physics.

Runners tying shoelaces

Physics

Physics of shoelaces shows why they come undone when you run

Slow-motion video and weights tied to the ends of pendulums reveal that the stomping and whipping of our feet cause shoelaces to unknot

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Sprite lightning

Earth

Lightning round-up: The world鈥檚 weirdest electricity

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Black hole

Physics

Quantum effects cloak impossible singularities with black holes

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radioactive waste drums

Physics

Waste-munching bacteria could make nuclear stores safer

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Princess Leia hologram

Physics

Twisted semiconductors could help project moving holograms

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Environment

Trump plans to revive nuclear waste plans axed by Obama in 2010

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Mars

Physics

Mars is so small because Jupiter shook up its formation

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quantum artwork

Physics

Reality check: The hidden connections behind quantum weirdness

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Physics

Oldest dust ever spotted in the universe seen in distant galaxy

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Binary star system

Physics

Gravitational waves slow the spin of shape-shifting neutron star

A tiny bump on a star could change how it rotates and possibly explain why there seems to be a speed limit for spinning neutron stars

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Physics

Peter Higgs on knowledge, immortality and the future of physics

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Humans

Inside knowledge: Why we’ll never know everything

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Humans

Inside knowledge: Is information the only thing that exists?

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Earth

Geoengineering the sky is scary but we need to test it now

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