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Why physicists keep trying to get rid of space-time entirely

Physicists are trying to ditch the concept of space-time – the supposed fabric of physical reality. Quantum columnist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan explains why

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We can build quantum computers using the rules of special relativity

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Physics

The 100-year-old symmetry theorem that is still changing physics today

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Physics

How Einstein was both right and wrong about gravitational waves

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Black hole in deep space

Space

Einstein was right about the way matter plunges into black holes

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This new version of quantum theory is even stranger than the original

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This new version of quantum theory is even stranger than the original

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Will artificial intelligence ever discover new laws of physics?

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Will artificial intelligence ever discover new laws of physics?

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Black holes

Space

Black holes wobbling three times a second have proved Einstein right

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Artistic impression of the Double Pulsar system

Space

A pair of pulsars in a tight embrace have proved Einstein right again

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Albert Einstein

Space

Lost in Space-Time newsletter: Will a twisted universe save cosmology?

A forgotten idea of Albert Einstein’s might be the saviour of cosmology, plus the great man’s (vain) quest to undermine quantum weirdness and the question of why the universe looks “just right” for our existence

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Quantum field theory

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Dan Hooper: What happened at the big bang?

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Space

Science with Sam: What is a black hole? And could you survive one?

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Space

Einstein was right about how extremely massive objects fall in space

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