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Scientists believe that the observable matter in the universe has specific information content.
For example, typical atoms—containing protons, electrons, and neutrons—hold not only the combined masses of these subatomic particles, but also the minuscule masses of the information they require to interact with each other and the rest of the universe. This type of information could be considered the “DNA” of the particles.
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Scientists want to use an experiment to confirm that elementary particles have measurable mass. It would involve a matter-
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Proving that information has mass can explain mysteries like dark matter. That’s because the physical properties of the bits of information mimic what dark matter appears to be—small bits of mass particles without charge or spin.
Confirming that information is the fifth state of matter touc...
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The amount of information we have today is staggering.
Each day on Earth, we generate 500 million tweets, 294 billion emails, 4 million gigabytes of Facebook data, 65 billion WhatsApp messages, and 720,000 hours of new content added daily on YouTube.
The total amount...
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