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How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real

What are quantum particles doing before we measure them? Getting to grips with this century-old debate takes us to the heart of whether there is an objective reality

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A 3d rendered image of particles

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The deep lessons quasiparticles teach us about the nature of reality

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Chair on a jetty

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How metaphysics probes hidden assumptions to make sense of reality

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People view superconducting quantum computer model during the 8th Digital China Summit at the Fuzhou Strait International Conference and Exhibition Center on April 29, 2025 in Fuzhou, Fujian Province of China. The summit highlights the country's strides in digital transformation and the expansion of its digital economy. (Photo by Zhang Bin/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images) 2212665605

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At last, we are discovering what quantum computers will be useful for

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Could Israel’s bombing trigger a nuclear accident in Iran?

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Morse code messages can be trapped in bubbles within blocks of ice

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Searching for the past and future of quantum physics on a tiny island

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Astronaut Scott Kelly posted this photo of an aurora taken from the International Space Station to Twitter on August 15, 2015

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The radical idea that space-time remembers could upend cosmology

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Giant atoms ‘trapped’ for record time at room temperature

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Microwaves seem to experience imaginary time 鈥� and now we know how

Almost a decade ago, researchers calculated that microwaves can seemingly spend an imaginary amount of time within a material 鈥� now an experiment reveals how the phenomenon is perfectly real

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Why John Stewart Bell has been haunting quantum mechanics for decades

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Light has been made into a fluid that simulates space-time

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Physicist Frank Close’s new book is a welcome rework of the atomic age

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Fabulous time travel novel is part-thriller and part-romance

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