It’s Time, But Not as we Know it
1m read · 08/27/19 · Time could behave strangely in the quantum world, a new thought experiment suggests…
We Still Don’t Understand Why Time Only Flows Forward
5m read · 22 saves · 03/18/18 · The past is gone, the future not yet here, only the present is now. But why does it always flow…
The n-Category Café
5m read · 13 saves · 09/08/19 · I’ve been trying to understand the Riemann Hypothesis a bit better. Don’t worry, I’m not trying to prove it —…
The Poincaré Conjecture
19m read · 08/03/19 · Jørgen Veisdal · What is the shape of the universe?
New Study Suggests Dark matter predates the ‘Big Bang’ — but what does…
10m read · 08/20/19 · Robert Lea · New research suggests that dark matter may predate the Big Bang, but that finding has been somewhat misrepresented in the…
The Computer Maverick Who Modeled the Evolution of Life
10m read · 13 saves · 07/12/19 · In 1953, at the dawn of modern computing, Nils Aall Barricelli played God. Clutching a deck of playing cards in…
Einstein, Symmetry and the Future of Physics
11m read · 29 saves · 06/26/19 · Lurking behind Einstein’s theory of gravity and our modern understanding of particle physics is the deceptively simple idea of symmetry.…
Our reality could be a "hologram" created by quantum physics
1m read · 25 saves · 05/10/19 · The four dimensions of spacetime that we experience could be like a hologram projected by a three-dimensional quantum state.
Experimental device generates electricity from the coldness of the universe
2m read · 12 saves · 05/06/19 · The obvious drawback of solar panels is that they require sunlight to generate electricity. Some have observed that for a…