Quantum physics provides a way to hide ignorance
Students can hide their ignorance and answer questions correctly in an exam without their lack of knowledge being detected by teachers—but only in the quantum world.
Students can hide their ignorance and answer questions correctly in an exam without their lack of knowledge being detected by teachers—but only in the quantum world.
Quantum Physics
Jun 23, 2020
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(Phys.org)—We live in a world of extremes, where being fervently for or against an issue often becomes the dominant social ideology – until an opposing belief that is equally extreme emerges to challenge the first one, ...
Which genes control the defining features that make us look as we do? And how do they make it happen?
Evolution
Nov 10, 2021
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new search engine described as an "electronic brain" could make searching the Internet more intelligent. Called Wolfram Alpha, the search engine computes its own answers rather than looking them up in a ...
A new study found that even if we did have the infinite power to artificially cool enough of the oceans to weaken a hurricane, the benefits would be minimal. The study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 10, 2022
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On September 24 this year, a NASA capsule parachuted down to Earth carrying a precious cache of material grabbed from an asteroid. The space agency has now revealed images and a preliminary analysis of the space rocks it ...
Space Exploration
Oct 14, 2023
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Los Alamos was the perfect spot for the U.S. government's top-secret Manhattan Project.
Other
Sep 24, 2023
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A stranded beluga whale found dead in the mudflats near Potter Marsh on Tuesday will likely help scientists untangle more information about the critically endangered Cook Inlet beluga population.
Plants & Animals
May 27, 2021
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University of Kentucky College of Medicine researchers were part of a new study that gives insight into how limb development evolved in vertebrates.
Evolution
Oct 5, 2021
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The much-awaited new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is due later today. Ahead of the release, debate has erupted about the computer models at the very heart of global climate projections.
Environment
Aug 9, 2021
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