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christian
2nd March 2015, 21:39
(Phys.org (http://phys.org/news/2015-03-particle.html))—Light behaves both as a particle and as a wave. Since the days of Einstein, scientists have been trying to directly observe both of these aspects of light at the same time. Now, scientists at EPFL have succeeded in capturing the first-ever snapshot of this dual behavior.

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DNA
2nd March 2015, 22:16
So the mystery of the dress is finally solved.

ZooLife
3rd March 2015, 00:48
So the mystery of the dress is finally solved.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iov3x_D7nxA&index

ZooLife
3rd March 2015, 01:37
That snap shot of the 'dual nature of light' reminds me of the flatlanders and their first introduction to the 3D world.