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‘Unbelievable’ Spinning Particles Probe Nature’s Most Mysterious Force

The strong force holds our atoms together. Scientists may have observed its small-scale fluctuations for the first time

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Max Kozlov and Nature magazine

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The planet’s solid inner core might rotate at a different rate than the rest of the planet, and that rate might be changing

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