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Neutrino Experiment Reveals (Again) That Something Is Missing from Our Universe
By Rafi Letzter published
The KATRIN experiment has turned up a new, more-precise-than-ever measurement for the barely-detectable neutrino mass.

What is the ionosphere? (And who is Steve?)
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A concentration of plasma in the Earth's atmosphere, called the ionosphere, interacts with solar winds, ultraviolet radiation and radio waves.

These Odd 'Quasiparticles' Could Finally Unmask Dark Matter
By Paul Sutter published
Tiny ripples called magnons could lure even a fleeting, lightweight dark matter particle out of hiding.

Exploding Stars May Have Put Humanity on Two Feet
By Mindy Weisberger published
Is there a cosmic origin for human bipedalism?

Truly Spooky: How Ghostly Quantum Particles Fly Through Barriers Almost Instantly
By Mindy Weisberger published
Scientists recently unraveled a physics puzzle that has stymied experts since the dawn of quantum mechanics.

What a Tiny Electron Reveals About the Structure of the Universe
By Alexey Petrov Professor of Physics published

Already Weird Atoms Get Stranger, May Hold Ability to Bond with 'Nothing'
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Trilobite atoms can bind to ghost atoms, aka those that don't exist.

The Strongest Material in the Universe Could Be (Nuclear) Pasta
By Brandon Specktor published
These noodles of neutrons may be 10 billion times stronger than steel.
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