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Neutrinos don’t outpace light, but they do shape-shift
OPERA collaboration reports second-ever instance of a muon neutrino morphing into a tau neutrino
Flame virus used world-class cryptographic attack
Only world-class cryptographers could have designed the new computer worm that hijacked the Windows Update system
Qubits live long, silicon quantum computers prosper
The “bit” of quantum computing, or qubit, has been trapped inside a sliver of silicon for over 3 minutes, a world record
Going over the edge, gecko style
Cockroaches and geckos have a cartoon-like trick for getting away from their pursuers – run straight off a cliff. Now mini robots have got the hang of it too
How to hack a snail to create a living battery
Watch an exclusive video that shows how the first cyborg snail to generate electricity was recently created
The deep space of coral reefs
Coral: Rekindling Venus is a film for planetariums, a superb foray into endangered reefs tinged with cosmic allegory
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