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EGX – Queuing Simulator 2015

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]urning up to the National Exhibition Centre at 9.30 on the first day of EGX, the UK’s biggest gaming exhibition, I thought it would only be the hardcore fans and some particularly zealous press that would be arriving before me. Unfortunately, I was wrong, and by the time I arrived,...
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By , Oct. 20, 2015

The Pentaquark: Fact or Fluctuation?

For many of us it’s been a long summer, and yet in the blink of an eye it's over! But while we’ve been off laying on beaches, building schools in Uganda, visiting long distance friends, catching up with home friends or maybe just trying to earn enough money to make it through the year (or just freshers week), the boys and girls at CERN have been busy publishing their newest findings. The elusive and mysterious pentaquark has landed, and it looks like it’s here to stay.
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By , Oct. 18, 2015

Water on Mars – but don’t get your hopes up

First New Horizons and the Pluto flyby, and now this – 2015 has been a big year for astronomy. In late September, NASA confirmed that they had found unambiguous evidence for the presence of liquid water on the red planet, albeit in small amounts. This does, however, add credence to the old theory that Mars was once covered in oceans, and could quite possibly point to life being found on what was formerly thought of as a dry and dead planet.
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By , Oct. 16, 2015