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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.
Quanta Magazine
Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears Not to Conserve Energy
Quanta Magazine
5 min read · May 16th · By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory.
Shared by 132, including LARRY ELKAN
Quanta Magazine
Mathematicians Coax Fluid Equations Into Nonphysical Solutions
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · May 2nd · The famed Navier-Stokes equations can lead to cases where more than one result is possible, but only in an extremely narrow set of situations.
Singularity Hub
Time Travel Could Be Possible, but Only if Multiple Histories Exist Too
Singularity Hub
4 min read · Apr 29th · What if instead of eliminating time travel due to paradoxes, we could just eliminate the paradoxes themselves?
Quanta Magazine
Physicists Show How Quantum Uncertainty Sharpens Measurements
Quanta Magazine
5 min read · May 3rd · Throwing out data seems to make measurements of distances and angles more precise. The reason why has been traced to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
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Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski
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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…
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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.
Reader View · Shared by 435, including David Papandrew
Visual Capitalist
Nature Timespiral: The Evolution of Earth from the Big Bang
Visual Capitalist
10 min read · Apr 23rd · Since the dawn of humanity, we have looked questioningly to the heavens with great interest and awe. We’ve called on the stars to guide us, and have made some of humanity’s
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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
Reader View · Shared by 220, including Ines Bieler
Aeon+Psyche
How Wittgenstein might ‘solve’ both philosophy and quantum physics
Aeon+Psyche
~15 min read · May 12th · Metaphysical debates in quantum physics don’t get at ‘truth’ – they’re nothing but a form of ritual, activity and culture
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 160, including Tactical Tech, Jason Silva, Marylin Delgado, Matthew Turland, Larry G. Maguire 🇺🇦
CNET
What Is a Neutrino? The Missing Key to Modern Physics Could Be a Ghost Particle
CNET
7 min read · Apr 20th · The enigmatic saga of one of astrophysics' most wanted particles.
Quanta Magazine
Puzzling Quantum Scenario Appears Not to Conserve Energy
Quanta Magazine
5 min read · May 16th · By resolving a paradox about light in a box, researchers hope to clarify the concept of energy in quantum theory.
Shared by 132, including LARRY ELKAN
Quanta Magazine
‘Machine Scientists’ Distill the Laws of Physics From Raw Data
Quanta Magazine
9 min read · May 10th · Researchers say we’re on the cusp of “GoPro physics,” where a camera can point at an event and an algorithm can identify the underlying physics equation.
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Quanta Magazine
Physicists Show How Quantum Uncertainty Sharpens Measurements
Quanta Magazine
5 min read · May 3rd · Throwing out data seems to make measurements of distances and angles more precise. The reason why has been traced to Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle.
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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 513, including Anita Leirfall
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What is Schrodinger's Cat?
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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.
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Quanta Magazine
Detailed Footage Finally Reveals What Triggers Lightning
Quanta Magazine
3 min read · 2021-12-20 · Scientists have never been able to adequately explain where lightning comes from. Now the first detailed observations of its emergence inside a cloud have exposed how electric fields grow strong…
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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.
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The Conversation
Time might not exist, according to physicists and philosophers
The Conversation
4 min read · Apr 15th · Cutting-edge theories of physics suggest time may not be real – but even if they’re right, life can still go on as usual.
Popular Mechanics
The Universe Is a Self-Learning Algorithm
Popular Mechanics
3 min read · 2021-04-15 · Basically, we live in one giant algorithm.
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Quanta Magazine
Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math
Quanta Magazine
6 min read · From 2020 · Computer scientists established a new boundary on computationally verifiable knowledge. In doing so, they solved major open problems in quantum mechanics and pure mathematics.
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The New York Times
Finding From Particle Research Could Break Known Laws of Physics
The New York Times
10 min read · 2021-04-07 · 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.
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