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Why do objects feel solid?

The way you think about atoms may not be quite right.

A reader asks: "If atoms are mostly empty space, then why does anything feel solid?" James Beacham, a post-doctoral researcher with the ATLAS Experiment group of The Ohio State University, explains.

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