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Ancient ‘Monster Galaxy’ Is Forming Stars A Thousand Times Faster Than The Milky Way
Chile’s Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) has observed a galaxy that looks nothing like what researchers expected. It’s forming stars at an absolutely incredible rate.
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Physicists Use Lasers To Set Up First Underwater Quantum Communications Link
Quantum mechanics may force you to think some wild things about the way the universe works, but it has some real applications. One of the theory’s main quirks allows for a special kind of quantum link, one that can send incredibly secure messages or transmit data for quantum computing. Tests of these links exist on…
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Scientists Are Turning Wi-Fi Routers Into Creepy Radar Cameras
Your Wi-Fi router is probably sitting passively in some corner of your room, beaming out invisible light (and the internet). But it’s also sending information on all the stuff the light passes through and around. It’s essentially carrying a holographic image of the room with it.
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Australian Scientists Observe Freaky Parrot Ritual, Call It Contagious Laughter
Birds are incredible, beautiful creatures from afar. They have lots of colours, they have beaks, they can fly, and all that other neat birdy stuff. Up close, they are horrible, smelly dinosaurs with sharp claws who squawk and could attack at any moment.