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Hunting for Gravity Waves

Nearly a century ago, Einstein predicted the existence of ripples in the fabric of space-time. He also predicted that they would be too small to detect. But physicists armed with precision lasers -- and patience -- are confident they'll catch one. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports for All Things Considered.

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