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Our physics expert picks his top-five equations, plus a scheme to supply US power needs with a bucket of baseballs. Thanks, Einstein!

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The reference frames from which observers view quantum events can themselves have multiple possible locations at once—an insight with potentially major ramifications.

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The security system that underlies the internet makes use of a curious fact: You can broadcast part of your encryption to make your information much more secure.