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James Dinneen holds a large hail stone from this year's ICECHIP research

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Storm-chasing scientists hunt for the world’s most extreme hail

As dozens of meteorologists undertake the largest ever study of extreme hail, ×îÐÂÂ鶹ÊÓƵ environment reporter James Dinneen rides into the storm inside a fortified truck called the Hail Hunter

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Where does time actually come from?

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Solving the 250-year-old puzzle of how static electricity works

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Physics quantum and quantum superposition

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How quantum superposition forces us to confront what is truly real

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

According to scientific legend, quantum mechanics was born on the island of Helgoland in 1925. A hundred years later, physicists are still debating the true nature of this strange theory - and recently returned to the island to discuss its future

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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 – and now we know how

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Why John Stewart Bell has been haunting quantum mechanics for decades

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