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In a new milestone for fusion energy research, physicists in China say they have exceeded the plasma-density limit.

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From the discovery of gravity to the first mission to defend Earth from an asteroid, here are the most important physics experiments that changed the world. When you purchase through links on our site ...

Could we be trapped inside a simulated reality, rather than the physical universe we usually assume? It’s a tantalizing theory, long theorized by philosophers and popularized by the 1999 blockbuster ...

Brains grown in petri dishes, self-replicating zombies and the invention of otherworldly time crystals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

From 1955 to 1975, the Army conducted chemical weapons testing on volunteer soldiers at the Edgewood Arsenal facility in Maryland in pursuit of an agent that could disable enemy troops on the field of ...