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WASHINGTON (AP) — A polarizing Harvard astronomer known for splashy theories about alien visits has been tapped by the White House to lead a team of outside scientists to study the national security ...

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First formulated in 1935, the famous thought experiment attempts to explain the weirdness of quantum superposition, but a new ...

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The International Space Station is now home to an even more capable quantum laboratory, where NASA cools atoms to nearly ...

In a new paper, researchers examine the possibility of other consciousnesses that take on forms far beyond our imagination.