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How Is a Black Hole Like a Glass of Ice Water?
Both tend toward thermal equilibrium—and, beyond that, to an ever-increasing quantum complexity.
Sep 26
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George Musser
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October 2020
Are Black Holes Really Paradoxical? An Interview with David Wallace
Today in Quanta magazine, I have an article on recent efforts to de-paradoxize black holes. Before you dive into the details, you might wonder about the…
Oct 29, 2020
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George Musser
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March 2018
An Interview with Emily Adlam [Video]
The mysteries of quantum mechanics are usually portrayed as mysteries of space: how strange that the fates of particles on opposite sides of the…
Mar 27, 2018
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George Musser
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January 2018
An Interview with Richard Healey [Video]
It stands to reason that electromagnetism is a theory of electric and magnetic fields. But since when is anything in physics so straightforward…
Jan 9, 2018
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George Musser
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October 2017
An Interview with Daniele Oriti [Video]
If spacetime is made of atoms, as many theoretical physicists these days speculate, could we ever know? You might doubt it. Conventional wisdom says…
Oct 2, 2017
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George Musser
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An Interview with Daniele Oriti [Video]
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September 2017
Why is Quantum Physics So Freakin’ Hard to Write About? [Video]
Every area of journalism presents its challenges, but quantum physics is in a molecular orbital of its own. It demands more time per word than anything…
Sep 29, 2017
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George Musser
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Why is Quantum Physics So Freakin’ Hard to Write About? [Video]
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August 2017
If You Think Quantum Physics Is Weird, Try These Theories
It’s quite a trick to picture a theory even weirder than quantum mechanics. Yet many physicists think the best way to make sense of quantum mechanics is…
Aug 31, 2017
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George Musser
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An Interview with Daniel Sudarsky [Video]
Quantum physicists do love their beer. By day they build instruments, measure numbers, solve equations. By night they retire to the bar or pub and muse…
Aug 28, 2017
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George Musser
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An Interview with Karen Crowther [Video]
The nice thing about philosophers of physics is that they have no dog in the fight among string theory, loop quantum gravity, and other competing…
Aug 25, 2017
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George Musser
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April 2016
Demonstrate Quantum Encryption With a Flashlight and Pair of Sunglasses
"Are you telling me that this could be of practical use?" exclaimed the Irish physicist John Bell. He had shown in the 1960s that quantum entanglement…
Apr 12, 2016
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George Musser
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How to Demonstrate “Twisted Light” Using a Laser Pointer
In November 2003 I published a short news story in Scientific American about the orbital angular momentum of light and how you can glimpse it with a…
Apr 10, 2016
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George Musser
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How to Demonstrate “Twisted Light” Using a Laser Pointer
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Entanglement as the Glue of Spacetime [Video]
Here's a talk I gave at the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore on March 24, 2016. Note that it was the first time I'd given this particular…
Apr 3, 2016
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George Musser
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