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Physics

How Much More Can We Learn About the Universe?

These are the few limits on our ability to know.

August 25, 2016

Her Second Act: Fotini Markopoulou on Life Beyond Physics

It was time to work with her hands, not only her mind.

July 19, 2016

This Physics Pioneer Walked Away from It All

Why Fotini Markopoulou traded quantum gravity for industrial design.

July 19, 2016

The Hidden Science of the Missing Gravitational Waves

A relatively unknown experiment is already drawing conclusions from the sound of silence.

July 14, 2016

Spark of Science: France A. Cordova

The director of the National Science Foundation on what brought her back to science.

July 14, 2016

The Noise at the Bottom of the Universe

The origin of quantum noise is the modern incarnation of a millennia-old debate.

July 11, 2016

How Big Can Life Get?

An illustrated trip from smallest to biggest.

June 28, 2016