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Matter, Energy & Physics
Atoms
atoms, and atoms are almost entirely empty space. Here is what they are, how we know
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Matter, Energy & Physics
The Periodic Table
atom in the universe, arranged so that its pattern predicts how each one behaves. Here is how to read
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The Quantum World
atoms the universe stops behaving sensibly. Particles are waves, things exist in several states at once
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Electricity and Magnetism
atoms, and atoms contain charged particles: positive protons in the nucleus and negative electrons around it. Normally
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Light
atoms do the same. It is how the universe works at small scales, and nobody finds
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Matter, Energy & Physics
Energy and Heat
atoms and molecules. The molecules of the air around you are flying about at hundreds of metres
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Matter, Energy & Physics
Gravity
atomic clocks on GPS satellites, higher up where gravity is weaker, gain about 45 microseconds a day on clocks
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