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From the invisible forces shaping our universe to the enigma of consciousness right inside our own heads, these 25 unsolved mysteries that haunt modern science represent the bleeding edge of human ...

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We've split the atom, mapped the human genome, and landed robots on Mars. By every measure, this is the most scientifically advanced era in human history. And yet, some of the most fundamental ...

For decades, physicists have suspected an interloper. A reclusive, hypothetical subatomic particle might be creeping into studies of neutrinos, nearly massless particles with no electric charge. A new ...

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The University of Leicester will be facilitating interdisciplinary discussion across key mathematical and physical disciplines involved in the solution of Hilbert's sixth problem: To axiomatise the ...