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Natalie Wolchover

Natalie Wolchover

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Particle going through a barrier
quantum physics

Quantum Tunnels Show How Particles Can Break the Speed of Light

By Natalie Wolchover
October 20, 2020
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Recent experiments show that particles should be able to go faster than light when they quantum mechanically “tunnel” through walls.

Abstractions blog

Physics Nobel Awarded for Black Hole Breakthroughs

By Natalie Wolchover
October 6, 2020
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Roger Penrose, Reinhard Genzel and Andrea Ghez were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their studies of black holes.

Gödel’s incompleteness theorems.
Abstractions blog

How Gödel’s Proof Works

By Natalie Wolchover
July 14, 2020
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His incompleteness theorems destroyed the search for a mathematical theory of everything. Nearly a century later, we’re still coming to grips with the consequences.

Magnetic fields in the universe.
cosmology

The Hidden Magnetic Universe Begins to Come Into View

By Natalie Wolchover
July 2, 2020
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Astronomers are discovering that magnetic fields permeate much of the cosmos. If these fields date back to the Big Bang, they could solve a major cosmological mystery.

The XENON1T detector’s time projection chamber.
Abstractions blog

Dark Matter Experiment Finds Unexplained Signal

By Natalie Wolchover
June 17, 2020
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Researchers say there are three possible explanations for the anomalous data. One is mundane. Two would revolutionize physics.

A falling apple.
Abstractions blog

Why Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces

By Natalie Wolchover
June 15, 2020
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We asked four physicists why gravity stands out among the forces of nature. We got four different answers.

A black hole shooting thunderbolts.
quantum gravity

Black Hole Paradoxes Reveal a Fundamental Link Between Energy and Order

By Natalie Wolchover
May 28, 2020
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By chewing on the problems posed by “extremal” black holes, physicists have exposed a surprising and universal connection between energy and entropy.

Abstractions blog

Neutrino Asymmetry Passes Critical Threshold

By Natalie Wolchover
April 15, 2020
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The first official evidence of a key imbalance between neutrinos and antineutrinos provides one of the best clues for why the universe contains something rather than nothing.

theoretical physics

Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.

By Natalie Wolchover
April 7, 2020
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The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers.


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