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Mining Black Hole Collisions for New Physics

By Joshua Sokol
July 21, 2016
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The physicist Asimina Arvanitaki is thinking up ways to search gravitational wave data for evidence of dark matter particles orbiting black holes.

cosmology

A Debate Over the Physics of Time

By Dan Falk
July 19, 2016
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According to our best theories of physics, the universe is a fixed block where time only appears to pass.

universality

A Bird’s-Eye View of Nature’s Hidden Order

By Natalie Wolchover
July 12, 2016
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Scientists are exploring a mysterious pattern, found in birds’ eyes, boxes of marbles and other surprising places, that is neither regular nor random.

Abstractions blog

A Quasicrystal’s Shocking Origin

By Natalie Wolchover
July 8, 2016
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By blasting a stack of minerals with a four-meter-long gun, scientists have found a new clue about the backstory of a very strange rock.

Quantized Columns

How Feynman Diagrams Almost Saved Space

By Frank Wilczek
July 5, 2016
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Richard Feynman’s famous diagrams weren’t just a way to do calculations. They represented a deep shift in thinking about how the universe is put together.

Abstractions blog

Rumors Cast Doubt on Diphoton Bump

By Natalie Wolchover
June 24, 2016
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Rampant rumors and a new analysis undercut hopes of a major discovery at the Large Hadron Collider.

Abstractions blog

The Universe Is Not a Snowflake

By Natalie Wolchover
June 22, 2016
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Nature’s laws are beautiful because they strike a compromise between boring symmetry and confusing asymmetry, physicists say.

Abstractions blog

LIGO Reports Second Black-Hole Merger

By Natalie Wolchover
June 15, 2016
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The spokesperson for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory called it “a promising start to mapping the populations of black holes in our universe.”

Abstractions blog

A Glimpse Through a Cosmic Keyhole

By Natalie Wolchover
June 14, 2016
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What could cause galaxies millions of light years apart to all spew material in the same direction?


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