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Physics’s pangolin
Trying to resolve the stubborn paradoxes of their field, physicists craft ever more mind-boggling visions of reality. By Margaret Wertheim. (June ’13)
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A Radical Reinterpretation of Einstein’s Theory
A cadre of physicists working on the theory of shape dynamics could change our understanding of reality. By Dan Falk.
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How Real Is Reality?
Reality seems pretty stubborn, pretty fixed — and pretty much independent of whatever is going on in your head. But is it, really? Astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the scientific debate.
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Time’s (Almost) Reversible Arrow
The irreversibility of time may be a clue as to what makes up the universe’s dark matter. By Frank Wilczek.
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Potential New Particle Sparks Flood of Theories
Physicists have produced nearly 100 papers on the latest tantalizing results from the Large Hadron Collider. By Davide Castelvecchi.
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What could dark matter be?
Scientists don’t yet know what dark matter is made of, but they are full of ideas. By Laura Dattaro.
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Fast Radio Bursts Mystify Experts—for Now
Astronomers are closing in on the origins of baffling radio flashes from deep space. By Lee Billings.
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Einstein’s Unfinished Dream: Marrying Relativity to the Quantum World
On the centennial of the theory of general relativity, senior Fermilab scientist Don Lincoln reflects on Einstein's quest to understand the quantum world.
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Will Our Descendants Survive the Destruction of the Universe?
Billions of years from now, the universe as we know it will cease to exist. The good news is, that gives us a lot of time to prepare, and maybe even figure out a way to cheat cosmic death. Here are some possible ways our descendants might survive a cosmological apocalypse. By George Dvorsky.
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Is Hawking any closer to solving the puzzle of black holes?
The information paradox is one of the great mysteries in our understanding of black holes. But has the famous theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking found the solution? By Garaint Lewis.
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