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<description><![CDATA[In 1964 soviet astronomer Nikolai Kardashev proposed a scale for measuring the technological...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[There are other awards and honours which can be earned by scientists – but the Nobel Prize is...]]></description>
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<title>Where Physics and Mysticism don't meet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[When it comes to energy sources, nuclear fusion used to be the wallflower. But now, scientists...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Not all scientists agree but according to Einstein and quantum theory, time travel could be...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Scientists have now identified the types of galaxies where gamma-ray bursts occur - and luckily...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[For two thousand years, Biblical scholars have debated the nature of the Christmas Star. Now...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[This year marks the 100th anniversary of a revolution in our notions of space and time. Before...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered a weird new phase of matter called fermionic condensates. We learned...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[This is an edited transcript of an interview with Richard Feynman. He talks openly about how he...]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[Astronauts onboard the International Space Station are studying strange fluids that might one day...]]></description>
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