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Natalie Wolchover

Natalie Wolchover

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astrophysics

The Particle That Broke a Cosmic Speed Limit

By Natalie Wolchover
May 14, 2015
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Physicists are beginning to unravel the mysteries of ultrahigh-energy cosmic rays, particles accelerated by the most powerful forces in the universe.

Q&A

Concerns of an Artificial Intelligence Pioneer

By Natalie Wolchover
April 21, 2015
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Computer scientist Stuart Russell wants to ensure that our increasingly intelligent machines remain aligned with human values.

particle physics

‘Penguin’ Anomaly Hints at Missing Particles

By Natalie Wolchover
March 20, 2015
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A statistical anomaly in the signal from rare particle decays at the Large Hadron Collider offers hope that new discoveries might be around the corner.

astrophysics

Strange Stars Pulse to the Golden Mean

By Natalie Wolchover
March 10, 2015
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Nature has revealed peculiar mathematical objects that connect order and chaos.

particle physics

In LHC’s Shadow, America’s Collider Awakens

By Natalie Wolchover
March 6, 2015
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The Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider fired up for its 15th run to take a deeper look at the building blocks of atoms.

theoretical physics

In Fake Universes, Evidence for String Theory

By Natalie Wolchover
February 18, 2015
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If string theorists can show that their framework is the only consistent theory of quantum gravity, does that make it true even without tangible evidence?

cosmology

Joint Dust Analysis Deflates Big Bang Signal

By Natalie Wolchover
January 30, 2015
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No definitive evidence for cosmic inflation is found, but support remains strong for the theory even as critics highlight its shortcomings as an explanation for how and why the universe began.

geometry

Scientists Conjure Curves From Flatness

By Natalie Wolchover
January 6, 2015
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Researchers have found a set of rules for imbuing flat surfaces with curvature, enabling them to form a virtually unlimited range of three-dimensional structures.

Computer Science

A Common Logic to Seeing Cats and Cosmos

By Natalie Wolchover
December 4, 2014
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New research suggests physicists, computers and brains employ the same procedure to tease out important features from among other irrelevant bits of data.


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