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Billionaires chasing immortality are wasting time, says physicist
Prof Jim Al-Khalili argues that pursuing endless life misses the point of time itself, which physics reveals to be far stranger than we think.
the Guardian · 1m
The atom that fell and the atom that didn't
Physicists finally split a single atom between free fall and perfect stillness, and watched what gravity did to its wave.
Ars Technica · 2m
Experiencing special relativity at a walking pace
Explore a virtual park where the speed of light is slowed down to a brisk five kilometers per hour.
Dmitrybrant · 1m