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(If written) by Joey Tribbiani Okay, so, string theory. Right. I know what you're thinking. Strings? Like guitar strings? Like the strings on my hoodie? Or the string of bad dates I had before I figured out that the problem was, apparently, me? No, no, no. We're talking about something much bigger. We're talking about the universe. Space, time, matter, energy, and possibly why Ross keeps saying “We were on a break!” Okay, that last one is not in any physics textbook. Yet. But here's the deal: string theory is one of the most ambitious ideas in modern theoretical physics. It tries to answer a question that sounds simple but is actually ridiculously difficult: What if everything in the universe is made from tiny, vibrating strings? Yeah. Tiny strings. And people have spent de...