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Diminishing Dark Energy May Evade the ‘Swampland’ of Impossible Universes
...experiments about black holes and quantum gravity — and try to identify general principles that consistent universes all obey. These possible universes comprise “the landscape.” Hypothetical universes with properties that...
The Logic That Must Lie Behind a New Physics
...We have these two conflicting pictures: quantum theory and general relativity. They’re saying different things about the world. So we want some coherence. But the places [like inside black holes...
How Is Cell Death Essential to Life?
...like, they basically make pores. And so they release these perforin proteins that make holes in the membranes of the target cell. And that will trigger either an apoptotic response...
The Year in Physics
...little red dots, grape-like clusters, shockingly big young black holes: Astrophysicists are reveling in the “beautiful confusion” of that formative epoch of cosmic history. The Webb telescope also enabled a...
How Will We Know We’re Not Alone?
...is unraveling secrets of black holes, early galaxies. So a dedicated telescope that’s specifically designed to find signs of life in the atmosphere of these small rocky planets is our...
The ‘Elegant’ Math Model That Could Help Rescue Coral Reefs
...starfish. The ocean was a home, but in school, Llabrés preferred physics and math. In Barcelona for college, she dove into the theoretical mysteries of black holes and quantum gravity....
How Hans Bethe Stumbled Upon Perfect Quantum Theories
...— lets them precisely predict the otherwise unknowable. And they have marveled at how those stars occasionally do align, allowing for perfect predictions of ice, protons, black holes and more....
How Did Multicellular Life Evolve?
...that was just remarkable. STROGATZ: But, so, I think of you thinking more about, like, black holes, space time, astrophysical stuff, but why are you thinking about this? LEVIN: Because...
The Unraveling of Space-Time
This special issue of Quanta Magazine explores the ultimate scientific quest: the search for the fundamental nature of reality. Señor Salme for Quanta Magazine...