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BBC News - A Point of View: Science, magic, and madness
Post your interesting scientific / new discoveries posts here
BBC News - A Point of View: Science, magic, and madness
Einstein's Gravity Theory Passes Toughest Test Yet
SourceA strange stellar pair nearly 7,000 light-years from Earth has provided physicists with a unique cosmic laboratory for studying the nature of gravity. The extremely strong gravity of a massive neutron star in orbit with a companion white dwarf star puts competing theories of gravity to a test more stringent than any available before.
Once again, Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity, published in 1915, comes out on top.
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World’s toughest material created by tying slip knots into weak, commercial thread
SourceNicola Pugno, at the University of Trento in Italy, has succeeded in making by far the toughest material in the world — by taking a conventional piece of fiber… and tying it in a slip knot. This method seems (and is) so simple that the inventor is calling it the Egg of Columbus, which refers to a discovery that has eluded mankind forever — but seems incredibly obvious and easy after the fact.
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