Physics
Does Free Will Exist? Ancient Quasars May Hold the Clue.
Do you believe in free will? Are people able to decide their own destinies, whether it's on what continent they'll…
NOvA Experiment Nabs Its First Neutrinos
Neutrinos are some of the most abundant, curious, and elusive critters in particle physics. Incredibly lightweight -- nigh massless, according…
Black Holes No More? Not Quite.
Nature News has announced that there are no black holes. This claim is made by none other than Stephen Hawking, so…
Why Our Universe is Not a Hologram
Editor's note: This article was originally published by Brian Koberlein on G+, and it is republished here with the author's…
Astronomy Cast 323: Isotopes
The number of protons defines an element, but the number of neutrons can vary. We call these different flavors of…
Early Supermassive Black Holes First Formed as Twins
It's one of the puzzles of cosmology and stellar evolution: how did supermassive black holes get so... well, supermassive... in the…
Astronomy Cast 318: Escape Velocity
Sometimes you've just got to get away from it all. From your planet, your Solar System and your galaxy. If…
Astronomy Cast Episode 316: Observational Versus Experimental Science
Sometimes you can do science by watching patiently, and sometimes you’ve just got to get your hands dirty with an…
Astronomy Cast 315 – Particle Accelerators
Who knew that destruction could be so informative? Only by smashing particles together with more and more energy, can we…
A Capella String Theory: Bohemian Gravity (Video)
There's not much to say except you MUST watch this. Incredible. Here is Tim Blais' master's thesis: A New Quantization…