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The South Pole Telescope has seen B-mode polarization in the CMB. (Courtesy: Stephen Hoover/University of Chicago) The South Pole Telescope (SPT) has made the first detection of a subtle twist in ...

A team of scientists may have detected a twist in light from the early universe that could help explain how the universe began. Such a finding has been compared in significance to the detection of the ...

I recently finished a week of driving the new Nissan Kicks. It’s a totally agreeable cheap and small crossover, and my review of it should be out soon. But I noticed something odd about the car that ...