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Physics and mathematics news and explainers. From quantum mechanics and particle physics to unsolved math problems and new discoveries.
The 60-Year Addition Problem That Fell to a Graduate Student
Oxford student Benjamin Bedert solves a 60-year-old Erdős conjecture about sum-free sets, revealing hidden structure in the simplest arithmetic.
Mersenne Prime Record: 41 Million Digits Found by a GPU Cloud
Former NVIDIA engineer Luke Durant spent $2 million on cloud GPUs spanning 17 countries to find the 52nd Mersenne prime.
Why Does Ketchup Suddenly Start Flowing?
Scientists finally solve the ketchup bottle struggle by revealing how solid materials decide when to flow.
Einstein Abandoned This Idea. It Might Be the Key to Quantum Gravity.
A 2025 paper revives Einstein's discarded teleparallel gravity, proposing that four bosons in flat spacetime could finally make gravity compatible with quantum mechanics.
Penrose: Quantum Mechanics Is Missing Something, And It Could Be Consciousness
Nobel laureate Roger Penrose argues quantum mechanics is incomplete, with consciousness possibly emerging from physics we haven't yet discovered.
How a 300-Page Proof Tamed the Chaos of Turbulence
Three mathematicians used a 300-page proof to confirm superdiffusion in turbulent fluids, solving a puzzle that began with a Parisian balloon race in...
Pope Leo XIV, Villanova Math Major: When Infinity Met Faith
Georg Cantor wrote to the Pope about infinity. Nearly 140 years later, a Villanova math graduate became Pope Leo XIV.
Oliver Heaviside: The Self-Taught Genius Who Solved Signal Transmission
How a self-taught recluse derived the equations that still govern every undersea cable carrying internet traffic today.
The Andromeda Paradox Shows That "Now" Is a Local Illusion
Is the future already written? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder tackles the mind-bending Andromeda Paradox that challenges our understanding of time.
Double Slit Experiment Explained: Brian Cox on Quantum Reality
Brian Cox explains the double slit experiment and quantum mechanics in 22 minutes, from superposition to entanglement and quantum computing.
