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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.
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George Musser
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…
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George Musser
March 2018
January 2018
October 2017
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…
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George Musser
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…
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George Musser
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…
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George Musser
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…
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George Musser
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…
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George Musser
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…
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George Musser
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…
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George Musser
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