Just to prove that his atoms really were acting as single waves, Dr Ketterle made two condensates at the same time, and allowed them to merge, thus creating ripple-like interference patterns of the sort that might be seen if two stones were thrown simultaneously into the same pond.

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Each throng seems to be governed by a group mind and appears to be acting as a single organism, so quickly do they shift direction and flow into new shapes.

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"It requires a real vision and acceptance that this strategic partnership is the only alternative to a world in which we break up into different poles of power, acting as rivals to one another, with every single dispute in the world being played off against these different poles of power, " he said.

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Under no circumstances should the Congress be railroaded into acting on so vast a rewriting of the law of the land without so much as a single hearing into the implications and advisability of doing so.

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