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Irish physicist William Rowan Hamilton’s pioneering work contained hints of the enigmatic wave–particle duality that governs the universe.

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With no fare gates at Sound Transit's 39 light rail stops and none planned for stations under construction, some riders have felt like chumps for paying.

Scientists measure the distance to the Moon by bouncing lasers off mirrors placed there by space probes and astronauts.

Ganesh Shenoy dodge a manslaughter charge for more than two decades after the violent wreck that killed Philip Mastropolo — until now.

Entangled light proves quantum computers can do what classical methods can't - cut years of work into seconds, an enormous quantum advantage ...

Astronomers have observed a massive growth rate in a free-floating rogue planet that’s gobbling up gas and dust at a record rate of 6.6 billion tons per second.