Physics
When Beauty Gets in the Way of Science
Insisting that new ideas must be beautiful blocks progress in particle physics.
The Day Feynman Worked Out Black-Hole Radiation on My Blackboard
It's the idea Stephen Hawking would become famous for a year later.
The Physics Still Hiding in the Higgs Boson
No new particles have been found at the Large Hadron Collider since the Higgs boson in 2012, but physicists say there’s much we can still learn from the Higgs itself.
Smarter Parts Make Collective Systems Too Stubborn
As researchers delve deeper into the behavior of decentralized collective systems, they’re beginning to question some of their initial assumptions.
How the Universe Remembers Information
A “memory matrix” might solve Stephen Hawking’s black-hole paradox.
What Dark Matter Needs Are New Kinds of Experiments
After 30 years and no results, it’s time to support more entrepreneurial physicists.
How to Get Close to a Black Hole
Want to understand the most mysterious object in the universe? Make one at home.