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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,…
You Can Count on Pi
For geeks, there are several great holidays on the calendar. There is…
How Do Heat Pumps Work?
Now stretch it really hard and quickly hold it to your upper…
There’s a New Theory About Where Dark Matter Is Hiding
But there may be opportunities to indirectly spot the signatures of those…