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Humans

Metaphysics special: Is time an illusion?

We are born, time passes and we die. So time must exist, right? The trouble is, it's tricky to pin down what time actually is

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Space

Why quantum satellites will make it harder for states to snoop

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Physics

Quantum trick sees two things happen before and after each other

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China's quantum communications satellite launches

Space

China launches world's first quantum communications satellite

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LHC-style supercolliders are entering a make or break phase

Physics

LHC-style supercolliders are entering a make or break phase

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Physics

Collapse: Has quantum theory's greatest mystery been solved?

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A woman at a blackboard covered in equations

Humans

Quick fixes on stereotypes won’t mean more female scientists

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Ions held in place by a laser

Technology

Record number of ions get entangled together in a quantum trap

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Physics

Schrödinger's cat alive and dead even after you saw it in half

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Humans

The lost women of Enlightenment science

It was the era that ushered in new ways of thinking. Yet most women weren't expected to have a voice in the debate. Here are some who made themselves heard.

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Humans

Family or science: women shouldn't have to choose

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Physics

The bold, brilliant woman who championed Newton's physics

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Physics

Physics killed free will and time's flow. We need them back

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Technology

Try your hand at programming IBM's online quantum computer

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