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And yet, the vast majority of the laws of physics don’t seem to care about the direction of time at all. The equations that govern everything—from subatomic particles to the orbits of planets ...

Researchers recorded footballer movement and how close they were to the ball, and found something truly bizarre.

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Mar. 11, 2025 — Where there's water, there are waves. But what if you could bend water waves to your will to move floating objects? Scientists have now developed a technique to merge waves in a ...

Scientists have studied trees depicted in various works of art and found they follow relatively simple mathematical rules ...

Typically, this state is known to arise following the formation ... Physics has a problem—their key models of quantum theory and the theory of relativity do not fit together. Now, Dr.

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In March last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued its climate risk disclosure rule, called “The Enhancement ...