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How Einstein and Schrödinger Conspired to Kill a Cat
The rise of fascism shaped Schrödinger’s cat fable.
A Nonlinear History of Time Travel
Births, deaths, and other time travel paradoxes.
How Much More Can We Learn About the Universe?
These are the few limits on our ability to know.
This Physics Pioneer Walked Away from It All
Why Fotini Markopoulou traded quantum gravity for industrial design.
Her Second Act: Fotini Markopoulou on Life Beyond Physics
It was time to work with her hands, not only her mind.
Spark of Science: France A. Cordova
The director of the National Science Foundation on what brought her back to science.
The Hidden Science of the Missing Gravitational Waves
A relatively unknown experiment is already drawing conclusions from the sound of silence.
The Noise at the Bottom of the Universe
The origin of quantum noise is the modern incarnation of a millennia-old debate.
Brian Eno Plays the Universe
A physicist explains what the composer has in common with the dawn of the cosmos.
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