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Big Think
Time: Do the past, present, and future exist all at once?
Big Think
8 min read · Sep 5th · The concept is so complex that scientists still argue whether it exists or if it is an illusion. · Shared by 160
pioneerworks.org
Picture This: The Hyperbolic Disk
pioneerworks.org
Sep 26th · Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll visualizes a mind-bending geometry that inspired many, from Einstein to Escher. · Shared by 70
Popular Science
Scientists used lasers to make the coldest matter in the universe
Popular Science
3 min read · Sep 10th · Researchers cooled matter to within a billionth of a degree of absolute zero (the temperature when all motion stops). · Shared by 8
shiningscience.com
Korean nuclear fusion reactor achieves 100 million°C for 30 seconds
shiningscience.com
3 min read · Sep 8th · A sustained, stable experiment is the latest demonstration that nuclear fusion is moving from being a physics problem to an engineering one. · Shared by 25, including Danielle! 🌩
Futurism
Oxford Physicist Unloads on Quantum Computing Industry, Says It's Basically a Scam
Futurism
2 min read · Sep 3rd · Oxford quantum physicist Nikita Gourianov is likening the emergence of qantum computers to a financial bubble in a commentary piece for the Financial Times. · Shared by 18, including W. David Stephenson, LARRY ELKAN
Scientific American
Quantum Physics Titans Win Breakthrough Prize
Scientific American
6 min read · Sep 22nd · This year’s Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics honors some of the pioneers of quantum information science · Shared by 14, including Dr. James Canton
Quanta Magazine
High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · Sep 21st · A new atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity seen in cuprate crystals, confirming a 35-year-old theory. · Shared by 175
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Physics, Structure, and Reality
ndpr.nd.edu
~12 min read · Sep 13th · This is a meticulous and deliberate and beautiful book. People used to say of Ernest Nagel’s now-neglected classic The Structure of Science that i... · Shared by 82, including Anita Leirfall, justin caouette, George Shiber
Big Think
How quantum levitation works
Big Think
9 min read · Sep 8th · With the right material at the right temperature and a magnetic track, physics really does allow perpetual motion without energy loss. · Shared by 10
Big Think
Ask Ethan: How do telescopes look back in time?
Big Think
~12 min read · Sep 2nd · Einstein's relativity teaches us that time isn't absolute, but passes relatively for everyone. So how do telescopes see back through time? · Shared by 9
Big Think
70-year-old quantum prediction comes true, as something is created from nothing
Big Think
~11 min read · Sep 13th · In our common experience, you can't get something for nothing. In the quantum realm, something really can emerge from nothing. · Shared by 54, including Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Barry Ritholtz, Howard Getson
Atlas Obscura
Tuned Mass Damper of Taipei 101
Atlas Obscura
1 min read · Sep 19th · Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying. · Shared by 17
Phys.org
Compact electron accelerator reaches new speeds with nothing but light
Phys.org
5 min read · Sep 19th · Scientists harnessing precise control of ultrafast lasers have accelerated electrons over a 20-centimeter stretch to speeds usually reserved for particle accelerators the size of 10 football fields. · Shared by 23
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2022/09/18 (Tuned Mass Damper) of Taipei 101 Skyscraper #Earthquake地震101大樓 調諧質量阻尼器
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Sep 19th · Shared by 18, including Bryan William Jones
The Atlantic
Cats Give the Laws of Physics a Biiiiig Stretch
The Atlantic
6 min read · Sep 13th · They can fall from potentially infinite heights and survive. They can pivot off of nothing to land on their feet. Scientists still can’t fully explain why. · Shared by 91, including christina r wodtke: the R is for radical focus, Felix M
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Big Think
Why the Multiverse is a "God-of-the-gaps" theory
Big Think
5 min read · Aug 18th · The false assumption the Multiverse relies on is that something which exists requires an explanation, whatever the cost of this explanation. · Shared by 369, including Howard Getson
Big Think
The biggest difference between physics and mathematics
Big Think
~11 min read · Aug 30th · If you can model anything in the Universe with an equation, mathematics is how you get the solution(s). Physics must go a step further. · Shared by 258
Quanta Magazine
High-Temperature Superconductivity Understood at Last
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · Sep 21st · A new atomic-scale experiment all but settles the origin of the strong form of superconductivity seen in cuprate crystals, confirming a 35-year-old theory. · Shared by 175
Big Think
Time: Do the past, present, and future exist all at once?
Big Think
8 min read · Sep 5th · The concept is so complex that scientists still argue whether it exists or if it is an illusion. · Shared by 160
BBC Future
Why plastic doesn't dry in the dishwasher
BBC Future
6 min read · Sep 1st · Plastic is a staple of modern kitchens, but it comes with a frustrating problem – it doesn't dry properly in a dishwasher. Why? · Shared by 153, including Jane
delanceyplace.com
the discovery of the x-ray
delanceyplace.com
3 min read · Sep 7th · Today's selection -- from Empire of The Scalpel by Ira Rutkow. Physics professor Wilhelm Röntgen made an unexpected discovery when he blasted electrons from one electrode to another: · Shared by 133
Live Science
Scientists blast atoms with Fibonacci laser to make an "extra" dimension of time
Live Science
5 min read · Aug 16th · The new phase was made by firing lasers at 10 ytterbium ions inside a quantum computer. · Shared by 116
Phys.org
How do we know that time exists?
Phys.org
3 min read · Aug 15th · The alarm goes off in the morning. You catch your morning train to the office. You take a lunch break. You catch your evening train back. You go for an hour's run. Eat dinner. Go to bed. Repeat.… · Shared by 107
ScienceAlert
Webb Has Snapped an Almost Perfect Einstein Ring 12 Billion Light-Years Away
ScienceAlert
2 min read · Aug 28th · Since the first James Webb Space Telescope images were released in July, our feeds have been flooded with mind-bogglingly gorgeous photos of space – from insanely detailed images of Jupiter to the… · Shared by 102, including Kevin C. Tofel 🇺🇦
Popular Mechanics
Protons Contain a Particle That’s Heavier Than the Proton Itself
Popular Mechanics
4 min read · Aug 30th · But when the charm quark is present, it still only accounts for around half of the proton’s mass. How can that be? · Shared by 96
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Quanta Magazine
Where Do Space, Time and Gravity Come From?
Quanta Magazine
20+ min read · May 4th · Einstein’s description of curved space-time doesn’t easily mesh with a universe made up of quantum wavefunctions. Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll discusses the quest for quantum gravity with host… · Shared by 1569, including Anita Leirfall
ciechanow.ski
Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski
ciechanow.ski
20+ min read · May 4th · Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works. · Shared by 1501, including David Papandrew, Colin Wright, Carlos Scheidegger, Max Roser, Chris Heilmann, Eric Vitiello, Paul Graham, Nils Hitze, Nico Luchsinger, Tim Holman, tanh(mmalex) 🇺🇦, Leo Polovets, Romain Guy, Tactical Tech, Michael Bench-Capon, Craig Mod, Krzysztof Zabłocki, Esther Schindler, Oliver Reichenstein, Ben Thompson
scienceme.com
What is Schrodinger's Cat?
scienceme.com
10 min read · May 3rd · Schrodinger's Cat is a hypothetical thought experiment created in 1935 by a man who loved physics and hated cats. · Shared by 732, including 👨✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌, Colin Wright, David Papandrew
Big Think
Time isn't simply just another dimension
Big Think
9 min read · Jul 21st · We live in a four-dimensional Universe, where matter and energy curve the fabric of spacetime. But time sure is different from space! · Shared by 729, including 👨✈️ AA-Admiral ⚓🚀🌌
Real Life
Our Friend the Atom — Real Life
Real Life
10 min read · Aug 11th · The aesthetics of the Atomic Age helped whitewash the threat of nuclear disaster · Shared by 676
inference-review.com
The Quest for Fusion Energy
inference-review.com
May 26th · In recent years, a steady flow of press releases from nuclear fusion research projects have hailed breakthrough advances and new record yields. Despite repeated claims that the prospects for… · Shared by 631
exactlywhatistime.com
The Arrow of Time
exactlywhatistime.com
~11 min read · May 10th · The arrow of time refers to the way we always see things progressing in a particular direction, e.g. eggs may break, but they never spontaneously reform Time appears to have a · Shared by 607, including Ines Bieler
Big Think
Einstein was right. Flying clocks around the world in opposite directions proved it.
Big Think
~13 min read · May 17th · Time isn't the same for everyone, even on Earth. Flying around the world gave Einstein the ultimate test. No one is immune from relativity. · Shared by 556
Big Think
Why Einstein is a "peerless genius" and Hawking is an "ordinary genius"
Big Think
5 min read · Jun 17th · You've heard of Stephen Hawking. How about Renata Kallosh? Didn't think so. Why are some brilliant people called "geniuses," but not others? · Shared by 548
