Discovery arises from an experiment designed to bring together elements of the two big—but contradictory—physics theories developed in the past century
Einstein's understanding of gravity, as outlined in his general theory of relativity, predicts that all objects fall at the same rate, regardless of their mass or composition
Johns Hopkins University researchers found neurons that used large-scale environmental cues to infer the direction of gravity
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