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The ‘Big’ Questions in Physics Today
At its heart theoretical physics deals with Big Questions, from black holes to quantum mechanics to the Big Bang. In a recent article on NPR, Marcelo Gleiser, a professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College,…
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A Fifth Force Of Nature?
By Alfredo Carpineti A few months ago a curious experimental result was reported where Hungarian scientists detected an unpredicted new particle in the nuclear decay of some beryllium atoms. Some US-based theoretical physicists looked into it and think…
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Lisa Randall: Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
Dark matter is already known to be everywhere. But in her new book, Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Harvard cosmologist Lisa Randall proposes that this mysterious substance also played a role in the demise of the…
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On the Edge of the Known
- by Menas Kafatos
- in Dialogues, Quantum Physics
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Physics’ Split Personality: Is the Dark Side Winning? By Deepak Chopra, MD, and Menas Kafatos, PhD For some time now most of the universe has gone dark. This startling news was brought to popular attention in…
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