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Weekly Contest #196
Quantum superposition is the ability of a quantum system to exist in two states simultaneously. In 1801, Thomas Young demonstrated this concept with his double-slit experiment. Shining light through two small slits would result in two distinct beams of light, were the trajectories of light governed by classical physics. The observation of an interference pattern showed this to be untrue. Photons of light did not go through one slit or the other but took a multitude of possible paths. Over the years, many people attempted to see how this ...
Weekly Contest #158
"The current ruling is undeniably unjust; there are currently many languishing in prison for the 'crime' of trying to save a human life. The expectation of inhumane apathy must end, starting with the liberation of those wrongfully condemned!". The speaker was a short man who appeared to be balding. Matt recognised him but couldn't put a name to him. He was older than most Change advocates, many of whom were young and, in Matt's opinion, too immature to think through the consequences thoroughly. "Gallery, we have heard this all before." Mat...
Weekly Contest #120
"I'm pregnant." The pause that followed felt like several hours. "What do you mean, pregnant?" Mel rolled her eyes. "Well, there's pretty much only one thing that could possibly mean." Jamie was silent for another minute as he processed this information. "I just mean... are you planning to keep it?" It wasn't a hard question for Melanie, but nonetheless, she paused, moving her eyes down from his face for the first time since she came in. "Yes." She swallowed hard as Jamie raised his eyebrows. She had anticipated this ...
Weekly Contest #118
Of course, I'd thought about what might happen. It's one of those things everyone thinks about, talks about, even fantasizes about... I'd heard rumours of something like this; I just never expected it to be so literal. This is my thought process, anyway, as I look down at my mother, having contractions on a hospital bed. Cries fill the room as the doctors pronounce her second child a girl. She is called Rosaline and already has a head full of dark hair. Ten years later The dark hair didn't last long. I smile as I look down ...
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