This episode was produced in collaboration with and sponsored by Emerson. When scientists first split the atom, they didn’t realize what they’d done until physicist Lise Meitner figured out they had ...

The history of science and technology is marked by major breakthroughs—the theory of evolution, the splitting of the atom, ...

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A new experiment with momentum-entangled helium atoms could help unite quantum mechanics and general relativity.

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