The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In October,…
An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits
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What Kind of Battery Would You Need to Power a Lightsaber?
Melting an ice cube takes 3.34 x 105 joules per kilogram. So…
The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding
Beyond DESI, a slew of new instruments are coming online in the…
Here’s a Clever Way to Uncover America’s Voting Deserts
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In Georgia’s…
The Quest to Map the Inside of the Proton
“How are matter and energy distributed?” asked Peter Schweitzer, a theoretical physicist…
Can You Really Run on Top of a Train, Like in the Movies?
Just because you see something done in a movie, that doesn’t mean…
A Popular Alien-Hunting Technique Is Increasingly in Doubt
The third factor is the probability of a lifeless planet producing the…
Can You View a Round Solar Eclipse Through a Square Hole?
If you live in the US and missed the last total solar…
Large Language Models’ Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two years…
Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
This extreme fragility might make quantum computing sound hopeless. But in 1995,…
