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There are a few possible solutions to the problem of interstellar travel, but they largely remain within the realm of science fiction.
Popular media often frame scientists as having a cold, sterile view of the world. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
The Kalam cosmological argument asserts that everything that exists has a cause, and what caused the Universe? It’s got to be God.
Data scientists first gained prominence by making us click on ads — now the profession spans a multiverse.
Quantum theory has weird implications. Trying to explain them just makes things weirder.
The second law of thermodynamics is an inviolable law of reality. Here’s what everyone should know about closed, open, and isolated systems.
Although many of Einstein’s papers revolutionized physics, there’s one Einsteinian advance, generally, that towers over all the rest.
The Universe certainly formed stars, at one point, for the very first time. But we haven’t found them yet. Here’s what everyone should know.
No. But Buddhism and quantum mechanics have much to teach each other.
The information we have in the Universe is finite and limited, but our curiosity and wonder is forever insatiable. And always will be.
The hunt for the elusive particles continues.
The smartest person in the world was Isaac Newton, a true polymath whose brilliance never has been, nor ever will be, surpassed.
Hidden variables aren’t ruled out, but they can’t get rid of quantum weirdness. Ever since the discovery of the bizarre behavior of quantum systems, we’ve been forced to reckon with […]
Theory without experiment is blind, and experiment without theory is lame.
Here’s why the answer may forever elude scientists.
Every time our Universe cools below a critical threshold, we fall out of equilibrium. That’s the best thing that ever happened to us.
In general relativity, matter and energy curve spacetime, which we experience as gravity. Why can’t there be an “antigravity” force?
We’ve fooled ourselves before with galaxies that look just like this one. The evidence we have simply isn’t strong enough.
A great many cosmic puzzles still remain unsolved. By embracing a broad and varied approach, particle physics heads toward a bright future.
From the earliest stages of the hot Big Bang (and even before) to our dark energy-dominated present, how and when did the Universe grow up?
Some physicists are besot with the multiverse, but if we can’t detect these other universes, how seriously should we take them?
If the evolution of the Universe is a movie, what happens when we rewind it all the way backward?
We can reasonably say that we understand the history of the Universe within one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang. That’s not good enough.
The most celebrated genius in human history didn’t just revolutionize physics, but taught many valuable lessons about living a better life.
We take for granted that time is real. But what if it’s only an illusion, and a relative illusion at that? Does time even exist?
New studies stretch the boundaries of physics, achieving quantum entanglement in larger systems.
Quarks and leptons are the smallest known subatomic particles. Does the Standard Model allow for an even smaller layer of matter to exist?
For some reason, when we talk about the age of stars, galaxies, and the Universe, we use “years” to measure time. Can we do better?
All the things that surround and compose us didn’t always exist. But describing their origin depends on what ‘nothing’ means.