Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# tech
Quantum computers are coming. But what exactly are they and what can they do for us?
# science
It turns out that some quantum systems don't want to decay into their most chaotic state. Instead, they want to return to the state in which they started.
# space
The late physicist Stephen Hawking predicted that black holes evaporate as its massive tidal forces interfere with quantum particles. Now, experiments are starting to confirm his predictions.
# science
If you think you know how gravity works, you’re probably wrong. While we can explain what it does, figuring out how has been a multi-decade long exercise in frustration and dead ends.
# science
The most thorough study of quantum entanglement to date shows that "spooky action" is really happening.
# science
Stephen Hawking hasn't actually solved the black hole information paradox and his latest work raises more questions than it provides answers.
# science
When you're trying to start carbon-based life, not just any carbon isotope will do and the one you need wouldn't even exist without a quirk of quantum mechanics.
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Raymond Tallis has a list of scathing criticisms aimed at physics and neurology. It would sure help his points if he knew what he was talking about...
# science
A new experiment unlocks quantum behaviors that can make laser beams more cohesive and negotiate more complicated trajectories.
# space
We just found the Higgs boson, and already a few scientists think it might be responsible for destroying the universe on a random day in the unspecified future.