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How reality is shaped by our observation

The idea, proposed in the '70s by the late John Wheeler, once seemed outlandish. But could he be right?

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Many stable atoms have ‘magic numbers’ of protons and neutrons − 75 years ago, 2 physicists discovered their special properties

The word magic is not often used in the context of science. But in the early 1930s, scientists discovered that some atomic nuclei – the center part of atoms, which make up all matter – were more stable than others. These nuclei had specific numbers of protons or neutrons, or…

The Conversation

Cool new prog sounds from Alcest, Lesoir, Nick Magnus and more in Prog's new Tracks Of The Week

The week's best new prog music to check out from Kalandra, Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate, Nine Stones Close and more...

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Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate release new single Copenhagen

UK prog duo Hats Off Gentlemen It's Adequate will release their eighth studio album The Uncertainty Principle later this year

Louder

Best books about quantum mechanics for armchair physicists and beginners

The first rule for understanding quantum mechanics, is that nobody understands quantum mechanics

Evening Standard

Can we escape this dismal reality?

Unsurprisingly, pop culture gets the multiverse wrong. Here's how it really works and how to escape this place

Salon

Astronaut shows off vintage Nobel Prize in space — and talks 'quantum dots' ISS experiment (video)

A quantum experiment, based on a Nobel Prize work, is mounted outside the International Space Station. The new Nobel laureate called the ISS to talk about it all.

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John Heilbron obituary

Historian of science whose books, including a biography of Galileo, helped to debunk several myths

The Guardian - UK

Indo-French collaborative study can stimulate quantum tech applications

Indo-French collab finds evidence of wave-particle duality of single photon, challenging Niels Bohr's wave-particle complementarity principle. Researchers from RRI, Bose Institute & CY Cergy Paris Univ. provide empirical vindication of Quantum Cheshire Cat effect.

The Hindu

Oppenheimer's hero was also problematic

The pioneering physicist saved Jews from Nazis but contributed to building weapons of mass destruction

Salon

J. Robert Oppenheimer: the man, his science, and the man beyond the science

We take a look at Robert Oppenheimer, the scientist and the man, beyond his most famous scientific development- the atomic bomb.

The Hindu

Were Einstein And Oppenheimer Really Friends? (And Other Things You Might Be Wondering After You See The Movie)

Were Oppenheimer and Einstein friends? Were there spies at Los Alamos? Let's go over these real facts about Oppenheimer.

Cinemablend

Who was J. Robert Oppenheimer? Biographer Kai Bird delves into the physicist's fascinating life and legacy

Kai Bird, co-author of "American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer" opens up on the physicist's life and legacy.

LiveScience

From My Commonplace Book, 2

Robert Oppenheimer on the death of FDR.

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Commentary: The key to unlocking the mysteries of COVID-19 is understanding immunity

Among the many medical puzzles about COVID-19 that continue to confound experts: Why does one spouse contract COVID-19 while in many cases the other does not? Why does the African continent have far fewer COVID-19 cases and deaths per capita than the other continents? Why does Singapore have more COVID-19…

The Conversation

How philosophy turned into physics – and reality turned into information

The Nobel Prize in physics this year has been awarded “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”.

AFP

Nobel physics winner wanted to topple quantum theory he vindicated

Washington (AFP) - American physicist John Clauser won the 2022 Nobel Prize for a groundbreaking experiment vindicating quantum mechanics -- a fundamental theory governing the subatomic world that is today the foundation for an emerging class of ultra-powerful computers.

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Quantum mechanics: Definitions, axioms, and key concepts of quantum physics

Quantum mechanics, or quantum physics, is the body of scientific laws that describe the wacky behavior of photons, electrons and the other subatomic particles that make up the universe.

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