9 Best Articles in 2020
James Clear
The Physics of Productivity: Newton’s Laws of Getting Stuff Done
James Clear
6 min read · 343 saves · 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 · 328 saves · Mar 4th · Kevin Hartnett · Computer scientists established a new boundary on computationally verifiable knowledge. In doing so, they solved major open problems in quantum mechanics and pure mathematics.
Quanta Magazine
Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.
Quanta Magazine
~12 min read · 246 saves · Apr 7th · Natalie Wolchover · The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality…
Cosmos Magazine
Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude
Cosmos Magazine
3 min read · 240 saves · From 2017 · A super-precise measurement shows proton and antiproton have identical magnetic properties.
Brain Pickings
When Did Time Really Begin? The Little Loophole in the Big Bang
Brain Pickings
1 min read · 199 saves · May 25th · Maria Popova · A pleasurable warping of the figuring faculty to contemplate what was there before the before.
Scientific American
No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air
Scientific American
~13 min read · 190 saves · Feb 4th · Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift?
Scientific American
This Twist on Schrödinger’s Cat Paradox Has Major Implications for Quantum Theory
Scientific American
~11 min read · 188 saves · Aug 17th · A laboratory demonstration of the classic “Wigner’s friend” thought experiment could overturn cherished assumptions about reality
New York Post
NASA scientists detect evidence of parallel universe where time runs backward
New York Post
1 min read · 156 saves · May 19th · Yaron Steinbuch · In a scenario straight out of “The Twilight Zone,” a group of NASA scientists working on an experiment in Antarctica have detected evidence of…
Quanta Magazine
Cosmic Triangles Open a Window to the Origin of Time
Quanta Magazine
~13 min read · 154 saves · 2019-10-29 · Natalie Wolchover · A close look at fundamental symmetries has exposed hidden patterns in the universe. Physicists think that those same symmetries may also reveal time’s original…
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Mind and space bending physics on a convenient chip
Phys.org
6 min read · 25 saves · Oct 8th · Thanks to Einstein, we know that our three-dimensional space is warped and curved. And in curved space, normal ideas of geometry and straight lines…
Nature
Dozens to be deliberately infected with coronavirus in UK ‘human challenge’ trials
Nature
5 min read · 19 saves · Oct 20th · Ewen Callaway · Proponents of the trials say they can be run safely and help to identify effective vaccines, but others have questioned their value.
