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Michio Kaku loses superstring Nobel bet, algorithm helps you avoid the hot Sun, how potato snacks get their puff

11 Oct 2019 Hamish Johnston
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Payday: Michio Kaku has lost a $2000 bet about the Nobel Prize for Physics. (Courtesy: iStock/Scorpion56)
Physicists are known to have an occasional flutter – especially when it comes to the possible disc

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