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Questioning Truth, Reality and the Role of Science
...it? Dismissive claims by famous physicists that philosophy is either a useless intellectual exercise, or not on a par with physics because of being incapable of progress, seem to start...
Can Space-Time Be Saved?
Curious connections between physics and math suggest to Latham Boyle that space-time may survive the jump to the next theory of reality. Most of today’s leading theoretical physicists have a...
A Quantum Trick Implied Eternal Stability. Now the Idea May Be Falling Apart.
...disorder may not be so easily overcome. It is a truth of both physics and everyday experience that things fall apart. Ice melts. Buildings crumble. Any object, if you wait...
How Can Some Infinities Be Bigger Than Others?
...am I right, that you were once trained in the world of physics? Moore (02:02): Yeah, it was a physics double major with math, when I was an undergraduate. I...
Is the Great Neutrino Puzzle Pointing to Multiple Missing Particles?
...and half results. In recent years, they’ve devised new theories that are more complicated than the sterile neutrino, but which, if correct, would thoroughly revolutionize physics — resolving anomalies in...
Dogged Dark Matter Hunters Find New Hiding Places to Check
...weakly interacting massive particles (WIMPs) and axions. These are the simplest formulations for dark matter, and each type of particle would also elegantly solve other physics mysteries. But after roughly...
A Mathematician Who Fled to Freedom but Still Stares Down Doubts
...liked physics. I did well in my physics classes, but never felt like I gained an intuitive understanding of everyday physical events. But when I started working with my Ph.D....
The Two Faces of Space-Time
A mysterious phenomenon known as duality often leads to new discoveries in physics. This time, space-time itself can sometimes be two things at once. Anyone who has seen the classic...
Do We Need a New Theory of Gravity?
...is a professor of theoretical physics and the deputy head of the physics department at Imperial College London. Her research lies at the intersection of particle physics, gravity and cosmology....