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Cosmology is the branch of science that studies the origin, formation, structure and evolution of the universe.
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How to Measure What We Don't KnowHow to Measure What We Don't Know (PhysOrg.com) -- How do we discover new things? For scientists, observation and measurement are the main ways to extract information from Nature. Based on observations, scientists build models that, in turn, are used to make predictions about the future or ...
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Is quantum mechanics messing with your memory? | Science | guardian.co.ukImagine if a cold cup of coffee spontaneously heated up as you watched. Or a cracked pane of glass suddenly un-broke. According to physicist Lorenzo Maccone at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , you see things like this all the time – you just don't remember. In a paper published ...
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Rewriting general relativity? Putting a new model of quantum gravity under the microscopeRewriting general relativity? Putting a new model of quantum gravity under the microscope Scientists are trying to figure out to what extent a new theory of quantum gravity will reproduce general relativity -- the theory that currently explains, to very high accuracy, how masses curve ...
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Vanquishing infinity: Old methods lead to a new approach to finding a quantum theory of gravityVanquishing infinity: Old methods lead to a new approach to finding a quantum theory of gravity In the 1940s, Richard Feynman devised a graphical method for carrying out calculations. Bern et al. use different kinds of diagrams that permit large calculations. Owing to their resemblance to the ...
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New Law of Physics Could Explain Quantum MysteriesThanks to Bram Boroson for pointing me to this very cool new theory.Nova Spivack added 3 months ago
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