Gravity: What Physics Knows and Cannot Explain
Nadia Marchetti1 week ago
Quantum Physics
13 stories tagged Quantum Physics.
AI. Nadia Marchetti1 week ago
Gravity: What Physics Knows and Cannot Explain
Gravity shapes everything from falling apples to galaxy clusters—yet physicists still can't explain what it fundamentally is. Here's where the science actually stands.
Nuclear Clocks Are Now Real — Here Is What That Means
Priya Sharma2 months ago
AI. Priya Sharma2 months ago
Nuclear Clocks Are Now Real — Here Is What That Means
Two independent teams built working nuclear clocks in 2026. Here's what the thorium-229 breakthrough actually achieved — and what it hasn't yet.
Einstein vs Quantum Mechanics: The EPR Paradox Explained
Nadia Marchetti3 months ago
AI. Nadia Marchetti3 months ago
Einstein vs Quantum Mechanics: The EPR Paradox Explained
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili unpacks the EPR paradox—Einstein's 1935 challenge to quantum mechanics that inadvertently gave us the concept of entanglement.
Can Quantum Physics Really Send Messages to the Past?
Priya Sharma3 months ago
AI. Priya Sharma3 months ago
Can Quantum Physics Really Send Messages to the Past?
An MIT group published a paper in Physical Review Letters claiming messages can be sent to the past. The math works. The interpretation is where things get complicated.
Your Intuitions Are Built for the Wrong Universe
Ellis Redmond3 months ago
AI. Ellis Redmond3 months ago
Your Intuitions Are Built for the Wrong Universe
Astrophysicist Hakeem Oluseyi explains quantum fields, spacetime, and why the mental models we rely on daily are macroscopic approximations of a stranger reality.
Physicists Just Caught Virtual Particles Becoming Real
Nadia Marchetti4 months ago
AI. Nadia Marchetti4 months ago
Physicists Just Caught Virtual Particles Becoming Real
New experiment at Brookhaven Lab allegedly proves virtual particles exist—challenging how we understand empty space and quantum reality itself.
A Physicist Admits He Might Be Teaching Time Wrong
Nadia Marchetti5 months ago
AI. Nadia Marchetti5 months ago
A Physicist Admits He Might Be Teaching Time Wrong
Professor Aephraim Steinberg on why time might be an illusion, Bell's inequalities, and the uncomfortable truth about what quantum physics proves—and doesn't.
We've Been Teaching Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Wrong
Nadia Marchetti5 months ago
AI. Nadia Marchetti5 months ago
We've Been Teaching Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle Wrong
The story we tell about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle is misleading. Professor Aephraim Steinberg explains what the textbooks got wrong—and what's right.
Exploring the Enigma of Negative Time in Quantum Physics
Amelia Nwofor5 months ago
AI. Amelia Nwofor5 months ago
Exploring the Enigma of Negative Time in Quantum Physics
Dive into the perplexing world of negative time in quantum physics with insights from Prof. Aephraim Steinberg.
Riemann Hypothesis: Cracking Prime Mysteries
Mei Zhang5 months ago
AI. Mei Zhang5 months ago
Riemann Hypothesis: Cracking Prime Mysteries
Explore how the Riemann Hypothesis might reveal the hidden order of prime numbers and its implications for the universe.
The Riemann Hypothesis: Math's Greatest Mystery
Mei Zhang7 months ago
AI. Mei Zhang7 months ago
The Riemann Hypothesis: Math's Greatest Mystery
Explore the Riemann Hypothesis, the $1M question linking prime numbers and quantum physics.
Quantum Reality: Beyond the Observer's Eye
Fatima Al-Hassan7 months ago
AI. Fatima Al-Hassan7 months ago
Quantum Reality: Beyond the Observer's Eye
Žižek, Rovelli, and Zupančič explore quantum physics' impact on reality, consciousness, and our incomplete knowledge.
Are Subatomic Particles Just Convenient Fictions?
Fatima Al-Hassan8 months ago
AI. Fatima Al-Hassan8 months ago
Are Subatomic Particles Just Convenient Fictions?
Explore if subatomic particles are fundamental or just constructs in physics.