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A decade-long effort to measure one of physics’ most fundamental constants culminates in a moment of uncertainty and revelation.

What better time to contemplate the conundrum that is zero than the start of a new year? Zero is a fairly new concept in human history and even more recent as a number. It wasn't until around the 7th ...