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Explained: The Deal With Eric Lerner Saying the Big Bang Didn’t Happen

Karthik Vinod 29/08/2022

Lerner has been met with similar rebuttals and derision...

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AdS/CFT: 25 Years of the ‘Bridge’ to an Unknowable Universe

Vasudevan Mukunth 30/06/2022

In 1997, Argentine physicist Juan Maldacena published what would...

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Sagittarius A*: Up Close and Personal With a Gravitational Beast

Prakash Chandra 14/05/2022

The electromagnetic snapshots of the black hole at the...

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Revealed: At the Centre of the Milky Way, a Tiny Supermassive Black Hole

Swetha P. 13/05/2022

The feat is fascinating given that the black hole's...

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Remembering N.R. Sen, a Less Known Student of the Calcutta School of Science

Hardev Singh Virk 07/03/2021

Sen's life and legacy needs further investigation to establish...

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A Quick Intro To This Year’s Nobel Prize Winners in the Sciences

The Wire Staff 08/10/2020

Eight scientists were awarded the three Nobel Prizes in...

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Atomic Clocks So Accurate That They’re Being Used To Measure… Elevation

Bas den Hond 20/09/2020

Atomic clocks are now so accurate that Earth’s gravity...