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Einstein's gravity is widely seen as the most beautiful theory in all of physics. But dark energy, quantum physics, and string theory all raise questions.
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4gravitons has proposed a challenge: To explain scientific papers appearing on arXiv on a given day in a given (sub)field to a general audience. The challenge is directed towards fellow science communicators so that definitely excludes me. But one of my old year thoughts (turned to a new year resolution) for this blog was to...
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From the outside it might seem like physics and mathematics are a match made in heaven. In practice, it feels more like physicists are given a very short blanket made of math, and when they stretch it to cover their heads, their feet are freezing, and vice versa. Physicists turn reality into numbers. They process...
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Matt Strassler [April 12, 2012] It is common that, when reading about the universe or about particle physics, one will come across a phrase that somehow refers to ``matter and energy'', as though they are opposites, or partners, or two sides of a coin, or the two classes out of which everything is made. This
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