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2 days ago

One scientist's 10-year quest to calculate the strength of gravity

Stephan Schlamminger revealed a new measurement of the gravitational constant, G, after ten years of research, contributing to its precise determination.
#quantum-physics
Philosophy
fromBig Think
3 days ago

The idea of "theories of everything" may be fundamentally wrong

Quantum physics and General Relativity are fundamentally incompatible, leading to a search for a unifying theory that has yet to succeed.
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5 days ago

What if time were reversed? Physicists show how time could flow backward on a quantum scale

New research suggests reversing time in quantum systems, potentially addressing information loss in quantum computers.
Philosophy
fromBig Think
3 days ago

The idea of "theories of everything" may be fundamentally wrong

Quantum physics and General Relativity are fundamentally incompatible, leading to a search for a unifying theory that has yet to succeed.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
5 days ago

What if time were reversed? Physicists show how time could flow backward on a quantum scale

New research suggests reversing time in quantum systems, potentially addressing information loss in quantum computers.
Philosophy
fromOpen Culture
4 days ago

"The Most Intelligent Photo Ever Taken": The 1927 Solvay Council Conference, Featuring Einstein, Bohr, Curie, Heisenberg, Schrodinger & More

The late 19th and early 20th centuries marked the beginning of the quantum revolution in physics, challenging existing scientific understanding.
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fromMail Online
1 week ago

Scientist claims the universe has SEVEN dimensions

The universe may have seven dimensions, potentially solving the information paradox related to black holes.
#black-holes
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1 week ago

Secrets of cosmic evolution may lurk in this black hole's dancing' jets

Astronomers have observed how matter erupts from black holes, revealing their role in shaping the universe's structure through powerful jets.
#physics
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fromBig Think
1 month ago

Gravity and quantum physics are fundamentally incompatible

Physics is not 'over'; General Relativity and the Standard Model are successful but incompatible theories.
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1 month ago

Gravity and quantum physics are fundamentally incompatible

Physics is not 'over'; General Relativity and the Standard Model are successful but incompatible theories.
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fromBig Think
1 week ago

Everything in the Universe changes by adding enough mass

Mass is the key parameter that determines the type and properties of cosmic objects in the Universe.
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1 week ago

The universe is expanding 'too fast' - and scientists have no idea why

The universe is expanding faster than predicted, indicating potential flaws in current cosmological models.
#quantum-mechanics
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fromArs Technica
4 weeks ago

Getting formal about quantum mechanics' lack of causality

Superposition of temporal order is a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics, despite existing loopholes in current experiments.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

A 100-year-old theory might explain what's wrong with quantum mechanics

Pilot wave theory, developed by Louis de Broglie a century ago, potentially resolves quantum mechanics' paradoxes by describing particles guided by attendant waves rather than existing in superposition.
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fromArs Technica
4 weeks ago

Getting formal about quantum mechanics' lack of causality

Superposition of temporal order is a fundamental feature of quantum mechanics, despite existing loopholes in current experiments.
Philosophy
fromwww.scientificamerican.com
1 month ago

A 100-year-old theory might explain what's wrong with quantum mechanics

Pilot wave theory, developed by Louis de Broglie a century ago, potentially resolves quantum mechanics' paradoxes by describing particles guided by attendant waves rather than existing in superposition.
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fromOpen Culture
2 weeks ago

What You Would See and Feel While Traveling Near the Speed of Light

Traveling at light speed would not negatively affect us, and visual perceptions would change dramatically as we move through space.
Philosophy
fromBig Think
3 weeks ago

The flimsy case for evolving dark energy

Theoretical physicists risk falling into motivated reasoning by overly believing speculative ideas without sufficient supporting evidence.
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3 weeks ago

Scientists Say They've Found "Dark Points" That Move Faster Than the Speed of Light

Faster-than-light 'dark points' in light waves have been observed, moving without mass and not violating relativity.
#universe
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fromBig Think
3 weeks ago

The Universe has changed by the time you finish this sentence

The Universe undergoes profound changes over time, despite appearing static on human timescales.
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fromBig Think
1 month ago

Ask Ethan: Does dark energy curve the Universe over time?

The fate of the Universe is determined by the total energy present and its relation to the initial expansion rate.
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fromBig Think
3 weeks ago

The Universe has changed by the time you finish this sentence

The Universe undergoes profound changes over time, despite appearing static on human timescales.
OMG science
fromBig Think
1 month ago

Ask Ethan: Does dark energy curve the Universe over time?

The fate of the Universe is determined by the total energy present and its relation to the initial expansion rate.
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fromNature
1 month ago

Founders of quantum information win top prize in computer science

Gilles Brassard and Charles Bennett won the Turing Award for establishing quantum information science foundations and enabling secure quantum communication and computing.
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1 month ago

April 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

California's 1969 education guidelines mandated equal classroom time for Genesis creation accounts and evolutionary theory, reflecting broader cultural resistance to scientific authority in public institutions.
Philosophy
fromBig Think
1 month ago

Einstein showed space can curve, but data reveals a flat Universe

The Universe has a flat spatial geometry, confirmed through cosmic microwave background observations, rather than the curved or spherical shape many physicists theoretically preferred.
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4 weeks ago

We thought we knew the shape of the universe. We were wrong

The shape of the universe remains unknown, with three possible geometries and the cosmic microwave background as a key to understanding its topology.
fromBig Think
1 month ago

How Einstein revolutionized the meaning of "where" and "when"

We now recognize that even ideas like "when" and "where" are subject to the laws of Einstein's relativity, and that in relativity, space and time are not absolute quantities, but rather are relative to each and every unique observer.
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1 month ago

Time, the Great Unifier

Dylan Harris's film 'The Cutoff' explores how time functions as both constraint and possibility in ultramarathon running, revealing triumph and heartbreak among runners pursuing the Cocodona 250 Mile cutoffs.
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1 month ago

Top 'I told you so' moments in the history of science

During the pandemic, many researchers expressed reluctance to share their ideas for fear of professional repercussions, such as losing credibility or funding. This culture of silence is particularly detrimental in critical situations like a pandemic, where new ideas could save lives.
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1 month ago

A quirk of relativity is the closest thing to achieving immortality

While immortality is impossible due to thermodynamic laws, relativity reveals physical scenarios that maximize lifespan relative to the universe by manipulating spacetime through motion and gravity.
fromBig Think
2 months ago

Einstein the "lone genius" is a complete myth

Perhaps the most commonly told myth in all of science is that of the lone genius. The blueprint for it goes something like this. Once upon a time in history, someone with a towering intellect but no formal training wades into a field that's new to them for the first time. Upon considering the field's issues, they immediately see things that no one else has ever seen before.
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1 month ago

A boom in gravitational waves leaves scientists with more questions than answers

A global network of gravitational-wave observatories has detected 218 candidate events, revealing complex structures in cosmic mergers and providing unprecedented insights into the universe.
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1 month ago

Newly discovered ripples in spacetime put Einstein's general relativity to the test

A global network of gravitational wave observatories has more than doubled detections of cosmic collisions, revealing a universe filled with black holes, neutron stars, and their mergers with unprecedented variety and characteristics.
#time
Philosophy
fromAeon
2 months ago

Why Satyendra Nath Bose was more than Einstein's sidekick | Aeon Essays

Bose formulated a new statistical method for indistinguishable particles, leading to Bose-Einstein statistics and predicting Bose-Einstein condensates.
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2 months ago

March 2026: Science history from 50, 100 and 150 years ago

Any object or concept can be represented as a form, a topological surface, and consequently any process can be regarded as a transition from one form to another. If the transition is smooth and continuous, there are well-established mathematical methods for describing it. In nature, however, the evolution of forms usually involves abrupt changes and perplexing divergences, or transformations. Because these transformations represent sudden disruptions of otherwise continuous processes, Rene Thom of the Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques in France termed them elementary catastrophes.
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1 month ago

Ask Ethan: How dark will the Universe become?

The Universe will eventually become dark and sparse as stars exhaust their fuel and die, with approximately 95% of all stars already formed, allowing estimation of future cosmic dimming.
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fromwww.scientificamerican.com
2 months ago

The Schrodinger equation is getting a glow-up for its 100th birthday

Including observers within the Schrodinger equation reveals new perspectives and may redefine boundaries of quantum mechanics, addressing enduring mysteries about measurement and reality.
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fromFuturism
2 months ago

Physicists Think They Saw a Black Hole Explode

Primordial black holes can evaporate via Hawking radiation and may explosively release particles, potentially explaining a powerful 2023 neutrino detection.
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1 month ago

Ask Ethan: Can quantum entanglement survive a black hole?

According to Einstein's General Relativity, for every black hole that exists within the Universe, there are only three properties that go into it that matter in any way: the black hole's total mass, the black hole's net electric charge, and the black hole's intrinsic angular momentum, and that's it. It doesn't matter what type of matter went into the black hole in order to form it; all that matters is its mass, charge, and angular momentum.
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