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Physics

The Islamic View of the Multiverse

In their faith, Muslim cosmologists find a guide to their scientific model-building.

December 28, 2016

We Have Pushed Physics Too Far

Parallel universes are a non-answer to a premature question.

December 27, 2016

Spark of Science: Melissa Franklin

Harvard’s first tenured woman physicist tells us about her heroes and her work.

December 20, 2016

What Does Any of This Have To Do with Physics?

Einstein and Feynman ushered me into grad school, reality ushered me out.

December 19, 2016

Quantum Gravity’s Time Problem

The effort to unify quantum mechanics and general relativity means reconciling totally different notions of time.

December 2, 2016

My Life with the Physics Dream Team

Freeman Dyson on working with the greatest physicists of the 20th century.

December 1, 2016

When Einstein Tilted at Windmills

The young physicist’s quest to prove the theories of Ernst Mach.

November 28, 2016

Is Physical Law an Alien Intelligence?

Alien life could be so advanced it becomes indistinguishable from physics.

November 11, 2016

Supersymmetry Bet Settled With Cognac

The absence of supersymmetry particles at the Large Hadron Collider has settled a 16-year-old bet among physicists.

November 10, 2016

New Measurement Deepens Proton Puzzle

Researchers fired a laser at a gas of muonic deuterium in order to measure the size of its nucleus.

November 10, 2016