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You’re a Dream of the Universe (According to Science)
[…] Sources & further reading: https://sites.google.com/view/sources… Absolutely everything you think about yourself and the universe could be an illusion. As far as you know, you are real and exist in a universe that was born 14 billion years ago and … Continue reading
Parallel Worlds Probably Exist. Here’s Why
The most elegant interpretation of quantum mechanics is the universe is constantly splitting A portion of this video was sponsored by Norton. Get up to 60% off the first year (annually billed) here: https://bit.ly/32SM0yd or use promo code VERITASIUM Special … Continue reading
Why the empty atom picture misunderstands quantum theory | Aeon Essays
The concept of the atomic void is one of the most repeated mistakes in popular science. Molecules are packed with stuff Electronic and nuclear quantum clouds in an ammonia molecule. The molecule is approximately 400,000 femtometres wide. There are approximately … Continue reading
Why Is 1/137 One of the Greatest Unsolved Problems In Physics?
[…] The Fine Structure Constant is one the strangest numbers in all of physics. It’s the job of physicists to worry about numbers, but there’s one number that physicists have stressed about more than any other. That number is 0.00729735256 … Continue reading
The Interesting Physics of Robert Oppenheimer (not the bomb) – Sixty Symbols
Robert Oppenheimer did a lot of interesting physics before the Manhattan Project and atomic bombs. More links and info below ↓ ↓ ↓ Featuring Tony Padilla from the University of Nottingham: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/… [,,,]
A Bet Against Quantum Gravity
s gravity quantum in nature, just like all the other particles and forces? Or is it fundamentally different? For nearly a century, physicists have attempted to define gravity using the framework of quantum mechanics. But it turns out that “quantizing” … Continue reading
Breaking barriers with quantum physics | Dr. Shohini Ghose | TEDxNickelCity
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Dr. Shohini Ghose talks about how the laws of quantum mechanics may be harnessed to develop next generation computers and novel protocols like teleportation. Shohini … Continue reading
Can You Make a Quantum Computer out of Olive Oil?
[…] Why on earth did Wikipedia say that olive oil performs spontaneous parametric down-conversion? In this video, we learn the basics of quantum mechanics and we use it to explain why extra virgin olive oil shines red with a green … Continue reading
Scientists Announce a Puzzling Discovery At The Large Hadron Collider
The Higgs boson is considered to be the cornerstone of the Standard Model of particle physics. Its discovery in 2012 created ripples in the scientific community as it was the last missing piece of the Standard Model. However, the model … Continue reading
There’s a striking link between quantum and astronomic scales. What could it mean? | Aeon Videos
A discovery with potentially mind-boggling implications about the behaviour of matter at the quantum and astronomical scales While working late one night in 2017, Konstantin Batygin, a professor of planetary sciences at the California Institute of Technology, made a mathematical … Continue reading
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