9 Best Articles in 2021
James Clear
The Physics of Productivity: Newton’s Laws of Getting Stuff Done
James Clear
6 min read · From 2017 · Read this article to learn how to be more productive. Discover how Newton's Laws of Motion can boost your productivity.
Quanta Magazine
Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math
Quanta Magazine
6 min read · 2020-03-04 · Computer scientists established a new boundary on computationally verifiable knowledge. In doing so, they solved major open problems in quantum mechanics and pure mathematics.
Popular Mechanics
The Universe Is a Self-Learning Algorithm
Popular Mechanics
3 min read · Apr 15th · Basically, we live in one giant algorithm.
The New York Times
Finding From Particle Research Could Break Known Laws of Physics
The New York Times
10 min read · Apr 7th · It’s not the next Higgs boson — yet. But the best explanation, physicists say, involves forms of matter and energy not currently known to science.
Quanta Magazine
Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.
Quanta Magazine
~13 min read · 2020-04-07 · The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers.
Cosmos Magazine
Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude
Cosmos Magazine
3 min read · From 2017 · A super-precise measurement shows proton and antiproton have identical magnetic properties.
Scientific American
No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air
Scientific American
~13 min read · 2020-02-04 · Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift?
Brain Pickings
When Did Time Really Begin? The Little Loophole in the Big Bang
Brain Pickings
2 min read · 2020-05-25 · A pleasurable warping of the figuring faculty to contemplate what was there before the before.
BBC News (World)
'Strong' evidence found for a new force of nature
BBC News (World)
4 min read · Apr 7th · Physicists may have just made a major breakthrough in our understanding of the Universe.
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Quanta Magazine
Work on Earth’s Climate and Other Complex Systems Earns Nobel Prize in Physics
Quanta Magazine
5 min read · Oct 5th · Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann have been honored for their work that led to reliable predictions of the effects of climate change. They will share the Nobel with Giorgio Parisi…
The Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021
The Nobel Prize
Oct 5th · The Nobel Prize in Physics 2021 was awarded "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems" with one half jointly to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann "for the physical…
The New York Times
Did Death Cheat Stephen Hawking of a Nobel Prize?
The New York Times
8 min read · Oct 4th · A recent study of black holes confirmed a fundamental prediction that the theoretical physicist made nearly five decades ago. But the ultimate award is beyond his reach.
Big Think
Could there be a parallel universe identical to our own?
Big Think
10 min read · Sep 29th · Physics predicts that the multiverse is real, and that parallel universes are common. Could any of them be identical to ours?
Phys.org
Nobel physics prize goes to 3 for climate discoveries
Phys.org
~15 min read · Oct 5th · The Nobel Prize for physics has been awarded to scientists from Japan, Germany and Italy.
