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How Is Light Both a Particle and a Wave?

Above the clouds 130 nautical miles below, astronaut Mark C. Lee floats freely without tethers as he tests the new Simplified Aid for Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Spacewalk Rescue (SAFER) system, Sept. 16, 1994. Space Shuttle Discovery, STS-64

Gravity: From Apples to the Universe

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An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

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When Does Summer Start?

Urtica dioica, often called common nettle or stinging nettle

7 Dangerous Plants You Should Never Touch

The Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. (Civil War, Pennsylvania)

9 Worst Generals in History

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boson quark gluino subatomic particle Higgs boson weakly interacting massive particle photon magnetic monopole tachyon graviton intermediate vector boson CP violation symmetry quantum field theory

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Nambu, Yoichiro

Yoichiro Nambu

American physicist