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Physics
‘Godfather of AI’ Who Regretted His Work Wins Nobel Prize
CONGRATS?“I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody else would have.”
Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Peter Higgs Dies at 94
‘TRULY GIFTED’Peter Higgs died “peacefully at home following a short illness,” the University of Edinburgh said.
Ship Hit Baltimore Bridge With Force of a Rocket Launch: NYT
DEEP IMPACTExperts disagreed on whether any bridge would withstand an impact of that magnitude.
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Physics Nobel Prize Goes to Scientists Studying Electrons
PIVOTALPierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L’Huillier studied the movement of electrons during just a tiny fraction of a second.
Sorry, But the New Superconductor News Might Be Total BS
(CON)FUSION ENERGYIt would be incredibly groundbreaking if it were true at all.
Astronomers Find High-Energy ‘Ghost Particles’ in Milky Way
INTERGALACTICWe’ll never look at our galaxy the same way.
Scientists May Have Finally Heard the ‘Hum’ of the Big Bang
EUREKA!We turned the galaxy into our own little science experiment to prove Einstein right.
That Time Stephen Hawking Hoped to See a Black Hole on Earth
HOLEY COWCould a particle accelerator actually end up making a black hole on Earth? It’s not as far-fetched as it might seem.
Why More Physicists Now Think Space and Time Are ‘Illusions’
MINDBLOWNA concept called “quantum entanglement” suggests the fabric of the universe is more interconnected than we think. And it also suggests we have the wrong idea about reality.
Is Earth Being Pummeled by Derelict Alien Spacecraft?
THE GREAT BOMBARDMENTOne scientist thinks the exotic chemistry found in meteorites are actually the remnants of ancient alien technology.