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New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos is heading toward a dramatic reversal: after ...

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This breathtaking clue about the architecture of consciousness supports a Nobel-Prize winner’s theory about how quantum physics works in your brain.

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Quasicrystals are orderly structures that never repeat. Scientists just showed they can exist in space and time.

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Kevin Sussman will reprise his beloved role as Stuart Bloom in the upcoming HBO Max series, 'Stuart Fails to Save the ...

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