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What Came Before the Big Bang?
Robert Brandenberger, a physicist at McGill University who was not involved with the study, said the new paper “sets a ...
The Hunt for Ultralight Dark Matter
If or when SLAC’s planned project, the Light Dark Matter Experiment (LDMX), receives funding—a decision from the Department of Energy ...
NASA’s Quest to Touch the Sun
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Our sun is the best-observed star in the entire universe. ...
An Old Abstract Field of Math Is Unlocking the Deep Complexity of Spacecraft Orbits
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In October, a Falcon Heavy rocket is scheduled to launch ...
The Mysterious ‘Dark’ Energy That Permeates the Universe Is Slowly Eroding
Beyond DESI, a slew of new instruments are coming online in the coming years, including the 8.4-meter Vera Rubin Observatory ...
Scientists Are Unlocking the Secrets of Your ‘Little Brain’
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In recent decades, neuroscience has seen some stunning advances, and ...
Large Language Models’ Emergent Abilities Are a Mirage
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Two years ago, in a project called the Beyond the ...
Never-Repeating Patterns of Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information
This extreme fragility might make quantum computing sound hopeless. But in 1995, the applied mathematician Peter Shor discovered a clever ...
This Is What Your Brain Does When You’re Not Doing Anything
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Whenever you’re actively performing a task—say, lifting weights at the ...
Thereâs a New Theory About Where Dark Matter Is Hiding
But there may be opportunities to indirectly spot the signatures of those gravitons. One strategy Vafa and his collaborators are ...
