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Pluto, at Long Last...

This week, the Naked Scientists dedicate take a trip to the world’s favourite dwarf planet - Pluto. But how did it get there? What’s New Horizons uncovered? And what’s beyond Pluto? Graihagh Jackson puts the mission under the microscope...

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Scientists "squeeze" light one particle at a time

A team of scientists have measured a bizarre effect in quantum physics, in which individual particles of light are said to have been “squeezed” – an achievement which at least one textbook had written off as hopeless.

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On the origin of (robot) species

Researchers have observed the process of evolution by natural selection at work in robots, by constructing a ‘mother’ robot that can design, build and test its own ‘children’, and then use the results to improve the performance of the next generation, without relying on computer simulation or human intervention. 

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Play’s the thing

Children’s play is under threat from increased urbanisation, perceptions of risk and educational pressures. The first research centre of its kind aims to understand the role played by play in how a child develops.

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Truth and Beauty: The hidden world of symmetry

The Naked Scientists dive beneath the surface of symmetry, a guiding light for physicists over the past century. But what is symmetry? And how does this link in with the world around us? Could it unlock the 'Theory of Everything'? Image credit: Evan

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