Since at least 2016, a rumor has circulated online that "a speck of dust is halfway between the size of" an atom and Earth.

By breaking away from the laws of classical physics, quantum physics has opened the door to describing the behavior of atoms ...

Everyday things that we take for granted, things like cause-and-effect and elementary classical laws do not work in the world inside the atom. Particles popping in and out of existence are the ...