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In New Quantum Experiment, Effect Happens Before Cause | Popular Science
Four Particles Jon Heras, Equinox Graphics Ltd. A real-world demonstration of a thought experiment conducted at the University of Vienna, has produced a result that is somewhat befuddling to people with what the lead researcher calls a "naïve classical world view." Two pairs of particles are either quantum-entangled or not. One person makes the decision as to whether to entangle them or not, and another pair of people measure the particles to see whether they're entangled or not. The head-scratcher is: the measurement is made before the decision is made, and it is accurate. "Classical correlations can be decided after they are measured," says Xiao-song Ma, the writer of the study.
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A Brilliant List of Science Books for People Who Want Their Minds Blown
While everybody is getting stoned on turkey and starch this holiday season, you're hoping to join a secret collective of super-intelligent scientists who will invent faster-than-light travel and cure cancer. We understand. That's why we've put together this list of great science books that came out in the past year — they're the perfect gifts for people with inquiring minds (including you!).
How to Picture a Black Hole | Wired Science | Wired.com
This month, researchers are inaugurating the Event Horizon Telescope, a project that will try to take the first detailed pictures of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.The planet, shown here in an artist's conception, circles its host star in 290 days Astronomers have confirmed the existence of a nearly Earth-sized planet in the "habitable zone" around a star not unlike our own.
BBC News - Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed
TEDx Talk on Molecular Animation: Combining Cinema and Biology - information aesthetics
Right now, while you are reading this article, billions of your cells are busy replicating your DNA information. Although molecules are smaller than the wavelength of light, and thus we have no way to directly observe them, can we still somehow visualize these processes?SPECTACLE SCIENCE: In Peter Janssen's lab, rhesus macaques wore goggles to see optical illusions. Janssen changed what the monkeys saw by stimulating their brains.
Shape-Shifting: Researchers Change How Monkeys See in 3-D: Scientific American
