2022 was another busy year in the realm of science, with groundbreaking stories spanning space, materials, medicine, and technology.
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A new book envisions an encounter of minds between the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, the physicist Werner Heisenberg, and the philosopher Immanuel Kant.
The relationship between these two ways of thinking about the world deserves deeper exploration.
A new technique that can automatically classify phases of physical systems could help scientists investigate novel materials.
Every proton contains three quarks: two up and one down. But charm quarks, heavier than the proton itself, have been found inside. How?
Quantum mechanics has taught us that even empty space contains energy. “Negative energy” is the state of having less energy than empty space.
Is mathematics woven into the very fabric of reality? Or is it merely a product of the human mind?
The $21.5-billion project could involve tunneling hundreds of feet under Lake Geneva.
Once the initial blaze of heat dissipated, the constituent particles of atoms were free to bind.
Unless you confront your theory with what’s actually out there in the Universe, you’re playing in the sandbox, not engaging in science.
The game of Plinko perfectly illustrates chaos theory. Even with indistinguishable initial conditions, the outcome is always uncertain.
Quantum mechanics + consciousness: There is nothing better than mixing two great mysteries to produce an even bigger one.
Drop sodium in water, and a violent, even explosive reaction will occur. But quantum physics is needed to explain why.
The second law of thermodynamics tells us that entropy always increases. But that doesn’t mean it was zero at the start of the Big Bang.
As the Manhattan Project headed for completion, German attempts to build a nuclear weapon had already been dismantled.
Could we finally detect the elusive Unruh effect?
No matter what physical system we consider, nature always obeys the same fundamental laws. Must it be this way, and if so, why?
There is nothing more important to science than its ability to prove ideas wrong.
Every timekeeping device works via a version of a pendulum — even the atomic clocks that are accurate to nanoseconds.
Holograms preserve all of an object’s 3D information, but on a 2D surface. Could the holographic Universe idea lead us to higher dimensions?
Quantum physics isn’t quite magic, but it requires an entirely novel set of rules to make sense of the quantum universe.
Many still cling to the idea that we live in a deterministic Universe, despite the nature of quantum physics. Now, the “least spooky” interpretation no longer works.
In our Universe, all stable atomic nuclei have protons in them; there’s no stable “neutronium” at all. But what’s the reason why?
Nothing can escape from a black hole. So where do Hawking radiation, relativistic jets, and X-ray emissions around black holes come from?
Here’s the case for why science can’t keep ignoring human experience.
The simulation hypothesis is fun to talk about, but believing it requires an act of faith.
A massive nuclear fusion experiment just hit a major milestone, potentially putting us a little closer to a future of limitless clean energy.
The answer to the age-old philosophical question of whether there is meaning in the Universe may ultimately rest upon the power of information.
Headlines have blared that quasar ticking confirms that time passed more slowly in the early Universe. That’s not how any of this works.