9 Best Articles in 2020
James Clear
The Physics of Productivity: Newton’s Laws of Getting Stuff Done
James Clear
6 min read · 355 saves · From 2017 · Read this article to learn how to be more productive. Discover how Newton's Laws of Motion can boost your productivity.
Quanta Magazine
Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math
Quanta Magazine
6 min read · 334 saves · Mar 4th · Kevin Hartnett · Computer scientists established a new boundary on computationally verifiable knowledge. In doing so, they solved major open problems in quantum mechanics and pure mathematics.
Quanta Magazine
Does Time Really Flow? New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.
Quanta Magazine
~12 min read · 260 saves · Apr 7th · Natalie Wolchover · The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers.
Cosmos Magazine
Universe shouldn’t exist, CERN physicists conclude
Cosmos Magazine
3 min read · 241 saves · From 2017 · A super-precise measurement shows proton and antiproton have identical magnetic properties.
Scientific American
No One Can Explain Why Planes Stay in the Air
Scientific American
~13 min read · 213 saves · Feb 4th · Do recent explanations solve the mysteries of aerodynamic lift?
Brain Pickings
When Did Time Really Begin? The Little Loophole in the Big Bang
Brain Pickings
1 min read · 202 saves · May 25th · Maria Popova · A pleasurable warping of the figuring faculty to contemplate what was there before the before.
Scientific American
This Twist on Schr?dinger’s Cat Paradox Has Major Implications for Quantum Theory
Scientific American
~11 min read · 194 saves · Aug 17th · A laboratory demonstration of the classic “Wigner’s friend” thought experiment could overturn cherished assumptions about reality
Quanta Magazine
What Is a Particle?
Quanta Magazine
10 min read · 173 saves · Nov 12th · Natalie Wolchover · It has been thought of as many things: a pointlike object, an excitation of a field, a speck of pure math that has cut into reality. But never has physicists’ conception of a particle changed more…
Quanta Magazine
The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End
Quanta Magazine
20+ min read · 168 saves · Oct 29th · George Musser · In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information — an apparent violation of Einstein’s theory of relativity.
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Futurism
New theory throws out Einstein's theory of general relativity
Futurism
1 min read · 24 saves · Dec 11th · Can you guys take this outside?
symmetry magazine
Physics books of 2020
symmetry magazine
24 saves · Dec 8th · Symmetry writer Mike Perricone’s favorite physics books of 2020 cover an impressive span of time: from the very beginning of our universe until the very end.
Gizmodo
The Physics of Tenet Is Shaky, but It Still Kicks Ass
Gizmodo
7 min read · 21 saves · Dec 17th · “Don’t try to understand it,” a scientist tells the protagonist of Tenet, as she briefly explains the physics of Christopher Nolan’s $205-million, time-traveling spy thriller. Sure, the physics is…
Live Science
Physicists attempt to unify all forces of nature and rectify Einstein's biggest failure
Live Science
4 min read · 19 saves · Dec 15th · And reveal extra dimensions.
Scientific American
Physicists Achieve Best-Ever Measurement of Fine-Structure Constant
Scientific American
4 min read · 16 saves · Dec 16th · Three times more precise than the previous record-holding determination, the result closely agrees with theoretical predictions but could still reveal pathways to new physics
New Scientist
Physics might create a backdoor to an afterlife
New Scientist
1 min read · 16 saves · Dec 11th · Quantum information can never be destroyed, so some of the essence of you could live on after death – but it’s not going to help the physical you
allthatsinteresting.com
The Story Of Albert Einstein's Cruel, Incestuous Marriage
allthatsinteresting.com
4 min read · 14 saves · From 2018 · Kara Goldfarb · Elsa Einstein was Albert Einstein's second wife. She was also his first cousin. And he cheated on her a lot.
symmetry magazine
Physics at tiniest scale could explain ‘impossible’ black holes
symmetry magazine
14 saves · Dec 15th · Until recently, scientists had never detected black holes in the “mass gap”—now, particle physicists are exploring ideas beyond the Standard Model that could explain them.
