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Lost Atoms is Frantic Assembly’s 30th anniversary co-production with Curve, Mayflower Southampton and Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. Written by Anna Jordan and directed by Scott Graham, it’s a sublime ...

The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2025 honors scaled-up quantum physics—while sidestepping controversies swirling around quantum ...

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On October 6 1995, at a scientific meeting in Florence, Italy, two Swiss astronomers made an announcement that would transform our understanding of the universe beyond our solar system. Michel Mayor ...

Virtual particles may not be real, but they help physicists track how forces move, and allow for incredibly precise ...

Nobel Prize in physics goes to trio for research on the weird world of sub-atomic quantum tunneling that advances the power ...

In an effort to teach her kids how to be self-sufficient, a mom admitted that she practices "passive parenting," which involves letting her kids sort of figure things out on their own, within reason, ...

Space weather isn’t referring to rain clouds that float through the galaxy. Instead, it’s caused by massive explosions of ...