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Usually, when something gets warmed up, heat tends to spread outward before eventually dissipating. But things are a little different in the world of superfluid quantum gas.
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Scientists Confirm the Incredible Existence of ‘Second Sound’
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Archaeologists Excavated the Tower of London—and Unearthed Dozens of Hidden Skeletons
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The first excavation at the famed Tower of London in a generation uncovered more than 20 skeletal…
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Ursid meteor shower 2025 peaks tonight: Here’s what to expect from the yuletide light show
Don’t miss the Ursid meteor shower peak tonight, heralding the last major shooting star display of 2025 as Earth plows through the debris trail shed by comet 8P/Tuttle.
The Ursid meteor shower is active during a relatively short window from Dec….
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Living plants and animals emit a faint glow that fades after death
Living organisms quietly emit light. This glow is real, measurable, and tied to life itself. Researchers at the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada have now shown that this ultraweak light fades sharply after death,…
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Engineering the First Reusable Launchpads on the Moon
Engineers need good data to build lasting things. Even the designers of the Great Pyramids knew the limestone they used to build these massive structures would be steady when stacked on top of one another, even if they didn’t have…
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Research Reveals the Optimal Way to Optimize
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In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems off the blackboard, thinking they were a…
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