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The Arrow of Time? It’s All in Our Heads
Time doesn’t just exist “out there” ticking away from past to future, but rather is an emergent property that depends on the observer. By Robert Lanza.
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Forever quantum: physicists demonstrate everlasting quantum coherence
Physicists have implemented the first experimental demonstration of everlasting quantum coherence—the phenomenon that occurs when a quantum system exists in a superposition of two or more states at once. Typically, quantum coherence lasts for only a fraction of a second before decoherence destroys the effect due to interactions between the quantum system and its surrounding environment...
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Flawed analysis casts doubt on years of evolutionary research
Years of research on the evolution of ancient life including the dinosaurs have been questioned after a fatal flaw in the way fossil data is analysed was exposed.
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How the Concept of Deep Time Is Changing
The idea that humans are ephemeral compared to the workings of nature isn’t as persuasive as it once was. By David Farrier.
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A Conductor of Evolution’s Subtle Symphony
At first, the biologist Richard Lenski thought his long-term experiment on evolution might last for 2,000 generations. Nearly three decades and over 65,000 generations later, he’s still amazed by evolution’s “awesome inventiveness.” By Stephanie Bucklin.
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Pros and Cons of Daylight Saving Time
When clocks fall back Sunday, November 6, some will celebrate the "earlier" sunrise while others bemoan evening darkness. Many more will ask: Why exactly are we doing this? By Brian Handwerk.
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Why Morning People Thrive
Some neuroscientists are trying to change school and work hours that discriminate against night owls. By James Hamblin.
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Soon we will see ‘chrono-’ attached to every form of medicine
The ticking of the bodyclock can help us fight cancer, safeguard our hearts, time our meals, and enhance our intelligence. By Jessa Gamble.
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How chance and probability affect the path of Big History
Does history unfold randomly and by chance, or are there underlying patterns and deep connections between its parts? By Walter Alvarez.
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Scientists present the most accurate time measurements of quantum jumps to date
When a quantum system changes its state, this is called a quantum jump. Usually, these quantum jumps are considered to be instantaneous. Now, new methods for high-precision measurements allow us to study the time evolution of these quantum jumps. On a time scale of attoseconds, their time structure becomes visible. It is the most accurate time measurement of quantum jumps to date.
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Can We Escape from Time?
We have grown very used to the idea of time travel, as explored and exploited in so many movies and TV series and so much fiction. Although it feels like it’s been around forever, it isn’t an ancient archetypal story but a newborn myth, created by H.G. Wells in his 1895 novel The Time Machine. By John Lanchester.
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Trek at 50: The quest for a unifying theory of time travel in Star Trek
It’s 2016, meaning we now have many examples of Trek’s time paradoxes to explore. By Xaq Rzetelny.
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The Woman Who Sees Time as a Hula Hoop
A small group of people see calendars not as grids, but as as rings, check marks, and other objects that seem almost vividly real. By Ed Yong.
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A New Politics of Time
There’s a widespread belief that actually existing democracies are in the grip of a fast-paced world dominated by breaking news and all things instant. The following contribution sets out to question this…
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Why must time be a dimension?
Sure, we move through it just like space, but it was the aftermath of Einstein that led to us truly understanding it. By Ethan Siegel.
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Mechanical Movements of the Cold War
How the Soviets Revolutionized Wristwatches. By Hunter Oatman-Stanford.
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How Your Brain Controls the Speed of Time
Why does reality seem to slow down in moments of extreme peril? Can the mind really bend time? Here’s the neuroscience behind the phenomenon. By Jeff Wise.
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The Secret Life of Time
It may seem slippery and maddeningly abstract, but it’s also deeply intimate, infusing our every word and gesture. By Alan Burdick.
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How to Build a Time Machine
The concept is a lot newer than most people realize. By Maria Konnikova.
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Quantum Gravity’s Time Problem
The effort to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity means reconciling totally different notions of time. By Natalie Wolchover. (Dec. 12, 2016)
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