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Gobi desert with specialists
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Leading physicist and YouTube
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an irreverent tour of the most
extraordinary numbers in physics,
using them to build a picture
of how the universe works.
He demonstrates how numbers
are key to unlocking black holes,
the holographic principle and
the problem of the cosmological
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Launchpad
Reporter Leah Crane marvels that
US aerospace company Rocket
Lab managed to use a helicopter
to catch a rocket booster falling
from space. Plus, she explains
how a new image of Mars is
helping engineers fine-tune
equipment for the next Mars
landings, and outlines how you
might ride a bike on the moon.
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Safe swarming
Watch as 10 drones swarm
through the woods without
crashing into one another or
the environment. The flying
robots were able to plan a safe
path through the trees thanks to
the help of Chinese researchers,
who reduced the size and
hardware requirements of
the drones while maintaining
their computational nous.
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