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Modern-day alchemy is putting the periodic table under pressure

Elements are transformed under the huge pressures far underground and within stars. Harnessing this extreme chemistry could yield astonishing new technologies

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Supernova simulator recreates elements that form when stars die

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Spider galaxies spotted eating gas caught in the cosmic web

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What is glass?

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Can we get energy from nothing?

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Why does space have three dimensions?

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Why do we move forwards in time?

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Where does quantum weirdness end?

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How does a bicycle stay upright?

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What came before the big bang?

Has the universe existed forever? Or was there something before it? To find out, we need a working theory of quantum gravity and a new conception of time

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Is the universe infinite or just very big?

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How long does a proton live?

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Why is ice slippery?

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Quantum weirdness proved real in first loophole-free experiment

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