{"id":71216,"date":"2020-08-08T06:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-08T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71216"},"modified":"2020-08-08T13:55:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-08T17:55:32","slug":"does-gravity-require-extra-dimensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wavechronicle.com\/wave\/?p=71216","title":{"rendered":"Does Gravity Require Extra Dimensions?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s been 120 years since Henry Cavendish measured the gravitational constant with a pair of lead balls suspended by a wire. The fundamental nature of gravity still eludes our best minds &#8211; but those secrets may be revealed by turning back to the Cavendish experiment. 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