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The quantum trick that can help you live a better life – probably

Quantum theory suggests everything that can happen, does. Now a phone app gives us a way to exploit this weirdness – and enjoy the best of all possible worlds

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Quantum network joins four people together for encrypted messaging

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Quantum network joins four people together for encrypted messaging

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Vibrating crystal made of 10 billion atoms smashes quantum record

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Vibrating crystal made of 10 billion atoms smashes quantum record

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Einstein was wrong: Why 'normal' physics can't explain reality

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Sean Carroll: The many worlds of quantum mechanics

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Sean Carroll: The many worlds of quantum mechanics

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Could the world's mightiest computers be too complicated to use?

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There's a glitch at the edge of the universe that could remake physics

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Quantum mechanics may contradict itself when applied to big objects

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Antimatter seen in two places at once thanks to quantum experiment

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Antimatter seen in two places at once thanks to quantum experiment

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Google just made it much harder to build a serious quantum computer

To reach quantum supremacy, a quantum computer has to do a task no ordinary computer can. Google has made that harder with an algorithm that beefs up regular PCs

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Space

Levitating glass particles are fastest spinning objects ever seen

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We have hints of a theory beyond quantum physics

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Quantum computers are weirder and more powerful than we thought

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Utterly bizarre theoretical 'fractons' could be made for real

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