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Scientists build a window into the fourth dimension

By David Stock

The concept of a fourth dimension is so elusive and mysterious that many of us find it almost impossible to comprehend. But could an additional layer of spatial reality truly exist, hidden beyond our three-dimensional worldview? Tantalisingly, scientists now claim to have built a fourth dimension of space. In this video, we peer inside to explore this new reality and explain just what a 4D world might look like.

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