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Physics

The Loneliest Genius

Isaac Newton spurned social contact but also relied on it for his greatest work.

November 20, 2014

Who Really Found the Higgs Boson

The real genius in the Nobel Prize-winning discovery is not who you think it is.

October 2, 2014

The Sound So Loud That It Circled the Earth Four Times

The 1883 eruption on Krakatoa may be the loudest noise the Earth has ever made.

September 26, 2014

Ingenious: Paul J. Steinhardt

The Princeton physicist on what’s wrong with inflation theory and his view of the Big Bang.

September 2, 2014

The Big Bang Is Hard Science. It Is Also a Creation Story.

Even with its explanatory power, Big Bang theory takes its place in a long line of myths.

September 2, 2014

The Bridge From Nowhere

How is it possible to get something from nothing?

July 31, 2014