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MIT professor and plasma physicist Nuno Loureiro was fatally shot in Massachusetts. Here’s what to know about his career and ...

Three thought experiments involving “demons” have haunted physics for centuries. What should we make of them today?

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The man authorities believe committed the deadly shooting at Brown University was found dead inside a Salem, New Hampshire, ...

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