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2013

Apr

25

Symmetry: How Beautiful Math Makes Elegant Physics

By Don Lincoln on April 25, 2013 1:25 PM | 4 comments

Mar

15

A Journey Into Extra Dimensions

By Delia Schwartz-Perlov on March 15, 2013 10:46 AM | 8 comments

Feb

1

Why is the Higgs So Light?

By Don Lincoln on February 1, 2013 1:21 PM | 7 comments

Jan

10

The Dark Energy Survey: What Happens When You Can See Forever?

By Don Lincoln on January 10, 2013 10:09 AM | 12 comments

2012

Dec

21

Scientific Approaches to the Fine-Tuning Problem

By Lee Smolin on December 21, 2012 11:43 AM | 12 comments

Nov

27

A Guide to Different Kinds of Parallel Universes

By Paul Halpern on November 27, 2012 2:10 PM | 43 comments

Nov

13

The Particle at the End of the Universe: Why We Care

By Sean Carroll on November 13, 2012 11:27 AM | 14 comments

Nov

9

Who's On First? Relativity, Time, and Quantum Theory

By Frank Wilczek on November 9, 2012 11:50 AM | 3 comments

Oct

23

Quantum Foam, Virtual Particles and Other Curiosities

By Don Lincoln on October 23, 2012 2:52 PM | 17 comments

Oct

11

The Nobel Prize in Physics: Quantum Mechanics Comes of Age

By Don Lincoln on October 11, 2012 11:44 AM | 5 comments

Oct

10

How large is the observable universe?

By Paul Halpern on October 10, 2012 11:21 AM | 43 comments

Oct

2

Fostering the Discoveries We Can't See Coming

By Avi Loeb on October 2, 2012 2:00 PM | 1 comment

Sep

24

Can String Theory Be Tested?

By Andrew Zimmerman Jones on September 24, 2012 3:29 PM | 5 comments

Sep

12

Why Is Gravity Such a Weakling?

By Paul Halpern on September 12, 2012 4:49 PM | 17 comments

Sep

6

Melting Subatomic Ice Cubes

By Don Lincoln on September 6, 2012 3:04 PM | 5 comments

Aug

28

Prize Without Proof? Yuri Milner’s Fundamental Physics Prize

By Charles Choi on August 28, 2012 2:13 PM | 5 comments

Aug

20

A Trip to the Deep Future

By Kate Becker on August 20, 2012 12:30 PM | 4 comments

Aug

13

The Phantom Energy Menace: Is the Cosmos Doomed to a Big Rip?

By Paul Halpern on August 13, 2012 12:11 PM | 6 comments

Aug

6

Bittersweet Victory: Physics After the Higgs

By Kate Becker on August 6, 2012 11:02 AM | 7 comments

Jul

30

Supersymmetry: Looking in Nature's Mirror

By Don Lincoln on July 30, 2012 2:33 PM | 8 comments

Jul

23

Dante’s Universe, and Ours

By Davide Castelvecchi on July 23, 2012 5:11 PM | 3 comments

Jul

11

Wormholes as Time Machines

By Paul Halpern on July 11, 2012 12:28 PM | 12 comments

Jul

4

Thanks, Mom! Finding the Quantum of Ubiquitous Resistance

By Frank Wilczek on July 4, 2012 4:54 AM | 32 comments

Jul

4

Higgs Fireworks on July 4

By Don Lincoln on July 4, 2012 4:43 AM | 21 comments

Jul

4

Live Webcasts: The Latest Higgs Results

By Kate Becker on July 4, 2012 2:00 AM | 14 comments

Jul

2

Fermilab Rings in Higgs Week

By Kate Becker on July 2, 2012 11:53 AM | 1 comment

Jun

28

The Higgs Boson Explained

By Frank Wilczek on June 28, 2012 9:54 AM | 13 comments

Jun

27

What is Dark Matter?

By Don Lincoln on June 27, 2012 2:27 PM | 18 comments

Jun

20

Dark Matter 101

By Don Lincoln on June 20, 2012 4:54 PM | 4 comments

Jun

13

In the Beginning

By Charles Choi on June 13, 2012 4:43 PM | 5 comments

Jun

6

After a Golden Age

By Frank Wilczek on June 6, 2012 2:07 PM | 4 comments

May

31

Dark Flow: Tugs from Beyond the Observable Universe?

By Paul Halpern on May 31, 2012 11:55 AM | 40 comments

May

16

A Simple Universe

By Richard Panek on May 16, 2012 4:08 PM | 4 comments

May

9

Antimatter 101

By Don Lincoln on May 9, 2012 12:32 PM | 28 comments

May

3

What's the Matter With Gravity?

By Ann Finkbeiner on May 3, 2012 1:47 PM | 10 comments

Apr

26

Writing a Bold Future, Together

By Andrew Zimmerman Jones on April 26, 2012 11:10 AM | 16 comments

Apr

19

Who's Afraid of the Dark? Alternatives to Dark Energy

By Charles Choi on April 19, 2012 4:36 PM | 26 comments

Apr

11

Who's Afraid of the Dark? Alternatives to Dark Matter

By Charles Choi on April 11, 2012 1:52 PM | 37 comments

Apr

5

April Fools' Physics

By Kate Becker on April 5, 2012 2:25 PM | 2 comments

Mar

29

A Higgs by Any Other Name

By Kate Becker on March 29, 2012 10:21 AM | 19 comments

Mar

21

Are Space and Time Fundamental?

By Kate Becker on March 21, 2012 9:47 AM | 75 comments

Mar

14

Do Computers Dream of Electric People?

By Charles Choi on March 14, 2012 10:27 AM | 16 comments

Mar

7

Is the Universe Fine-Tuned for Life?

By Anil Ananthaswamy on March 7, 2012 2:37 PM | 117 comments

Feb

29

It's A Paradox

By Kate Becker on February 29, 2012 1:43 PM | 20 comments

Feb

22

Herding Schrodinger's Cats

By Charles Choi on February 22, 2012 2:10 PM | 9 comments

Feb

15

Tangling with Teleportation

By Yvonne Carts-Powell on February 15, 2012 12:21 PM | 28 comments

Feb

8

Beam Me Up, Schrodinger

By Yvonne Carts-Powell on February 8, 2012 1:41 PM | 6 comments

Feb

2

Could Simple Experiments Reveal the Quantum Nature of Spacetime?

By George Musser on February 2, 2012 5:00 AM | 4 comments

Jan

19

The Chandrasekhar Limit: The Threshold That Makes Life Possible

By James Stein on January 19, 2012 9:43 PM | 5 comments

Jan

13

Much Ado About Nothing

By Frank Close on January 13, 2012 4:20 PM | 29 comments

Jan

5

What If Quantum Mechanics Went On Strike?

By Wayt Gibbs on January 5, 2012 9:24 PM | 11 comments

2011

Dec

29

Beautiful Losers

By Frank Wilczek on December 29, 2011 6:51 PM | 11 comments

Dec

29

Beautiful Losers: Plato's Geometry of Elements

By Frank Wilczek on December 29, 2011 6:48 PM | 5 comments

Dec

29

Beautiful Losers: Kepler's Harmonic Spheres

By Frank Wilczek on December 29, 2011 6:48 PM | 1 comment

Dec

29

Beautiful Losers: Kelvin's Vortex Atoms

By Frank Wilczek on December 29, 2011 6:47 PM | 1 comment

Dec

20

The Schwarzschild Radius: Nature's Breaking Point

By James Stein on December 20, 2011 7:52 PM | 26 comments

Dec

15

Maybe Higgs: What the LHC Might or Might Not Have Seen

By Frank Wilczek on December 15, 2011 4:52 PM | 7 comments

Dec

13

Quantum Gravity in a Nutshell

By Clifford Johnson on December 13, 2011 8:44 PM | 7 comments

Dec

6

Seeking Signs of the Multiverse

By Anil Ananthaswamy on December 6, 2011 3:48 PM | 12 comments

Nov

30

When Universes Collide

By Anil Ananthaswamy on November 30, 2011 5:32 PM | 4 comments

Nov

22

Physics To Be Thankful For

By Kate Becker on November 22, 2011 2:43 PM | 16 comments

Nov

15

Holograms, Black Holes, and the Nature of the Universe

By Kate Becker on November 15, 2011 9:34 PM | 73 comments

Nov

9

A Tour of the Multiverse

By Delia Schwartz-Perlov on November 9, 2011 6:08 PM | 29 comments

Nov

1

Debating the Meaning of Quantum Mechanics

By Kate Becker on November 1, 2011 3:27 PM | 41 comments

Oct

24

Planck's Constant: The Number That Rules Technology, Reality, and Life

By James Stein on October 24, 2011 10:00 AM | 22 comments

Oct

18

Welcome to The Nature of Reality

By Kate Becker on October 18, 2011 9:19 AM | 34 comments

Sep

30

Hail and Farewell, Grand Colliders

By Frank Wilczek on September 30, 2011 3:05 PM | 3 comments