Modern Research Into Issues Relevant to Epicurean Views In Physics

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    2. Article: Scientists in a race to discover why our Universe exists 4

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    2. Dark Energy experiment challenges Einstein's theory of Universe 3

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    2. Potential Hydrocarbons in the Constellation Leo 4

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    2. What Would Epicurus Think of the Big Bang? 35

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    2. The True Scale of Atoms 14

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    2. UFOs in the news - LIfe from other worlds 6

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    2. What do atoms look like? (Minute Physics) 1

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    2. Is there intelligent life out there? You, too, can help in the search!

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    2. Not all research is scientific, or involves critical thinking. 11

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    2. What fears does modern science remove, as Epicurean physics did in antiquity? 31

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