Physics
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.
How Supermassive Black Holes Were Discovered
Astronomers turned a fantastic concept into reality.
What Impossible Meant to Feynman
Physicist Paul Steinhardt remembers a great mentor and scientist.
Paradox Is Illuminating the Black Hole
How reconciling opposites is driving the science of black holes forward.
How Black Holes Nearly Ruined Time
Quantum mechanics rescued our understanding of past and future from the black hole.
