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A male blue featherfin cichlid in Lake Tanganyika has built a sand bower to attract a female.
BiologyScience News

Related Fish Species Make Similar Choices, But How They Choose Differs

Two cichlid species share identical preferences but use different decision rules when choices get hard, a PNAS study of over 5,000 trials finds.

Quantum Physics
Physics and Mathematics

Quantum Physics: Definition, Principles, and Why It Matters

Quantum physics is the branch of physics that describes the behavior of matter and energy at atomic and subatomic scales, where particles follow...

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Physics and Mathematics

Zero Point Energy: Why Nothing in the Universe Is Ever Still

Zero point energy is the residual motion that persists in every quantum system, even at absolute zero.

Blackbody Radiation in Astronomy
Space, Astronomy and Cosmology

Blackbody Radiation: The Light That Launched Quantum Physics

Blackbody radiation is light emitted by an object that absorbs all incoming radiation. Its spectrum depends only on temperature, making it essential for...

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CosmologyScience Watcher

Inside the Planck Era: When Physics Runs Out of Answers

At the universe's first moment, the Planck era, both general relativity and quantum mechanics break down. Here is what physicists believe happened.