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History of science
Clock time contra lived time
Henri Bergson and Albert Einstein fundamentally disagreed about the nature of time and how it can be measured. Who was right?
Evan Thompson
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Physics
Chasing ghost particles
Without the neutrino, the Universe might be an empty void. But this inscrutable particle isn’t giving up its secrets easily
Corey S Powell
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Physics
The rhythms of a star system inspire a pianist’s transfixing performance
5 minutes
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Biology
Beetles take flight at 6,000 frames per second in this perspective-shifting short
9 minutes
video
Physics
What does it look like to hunt for dark matter? Scenes from one frontier in the search
7 minutes
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Physics
Imagining spacetime as a visible grid is an extraordinary journey into the unseen
12 minutes
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History of science
His radiant formula
Stephen Hawking’s greatest legacy – a simple little equation now 50 years old – revealed a shocking aspect of black holes
Roger Highfield
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History of ideas
Chaos and cause
Can a butterfly’s wings trigger a distant hurricane? The answer depends on the perspective you take: physics or human agency
Erik Van Aken
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Physics
The abyss at the edge of human understanding – a voyage into a black hole
4 minutes
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Cosmology
Tiny, entangled universes that form or fizzle out – a theory of the quantum multiverse
11 minutes
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Metaphysics
Simple entities in universal harmony – Leibniz’s evocative perspective on reality
4 minutes
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Cosmology
The Indian astronomer whose innovative work on black holes was mocked at Cambridge
13 minutes
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Astronomy
Seven years later, what can we make of our first confirmed interstellar visitor?
59 minutes
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Physics
Is it possible to design a shape to roll along any fixed path?
4 minutes
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Space exploration
Mind-bending speed is the only way to reach the stars – here are three ways to do it
5 minutes
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Physics
Find the building blocks of nature within a single, humble snowflake
4 minutes
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Physics
Why the golden age of total solar eclipses is already behind us
5 minutes
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Future of technology
Is this the future of space travel? Take a luxury ‘cruise’ across the solar system
6 minutes
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Physics
A song of ice, fire and jelly – exploring the physics and history of the trumpet
9 minutes
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Quantum theory
We are not empty
The concept of the atomic void is one of the most repeated mistakes in popular science. Molecules are packed with stuff
Mario Barbatti
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Physics
A dreamy tribute to the music of Brian Eno, rendered in paint, soap and water
2 minutes
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Physics
Why does the Sun occasionally flash green as it eclipses the horizon?
7 minutes
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Physics
There’s a striking link between quantum and astronomic scales. What could it mean?
5 minutes
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Quantum theory
Untangling entanglement
Why does the quantum world behave in that strange, spooky way? Here’s our simple, four-step explanation (no magic needed)
Huw Price & Ken Wharton