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The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics

Mind

The paradoxes of Zen Buddhism could help us grasp fundamental physics

If you're struggling to understand the mysteries of quantum physics and relativity, you need all the help you can get – even borrowing Buddhist mysticism, shows a new book

Culture

Einstein’s black holes are not the black holes we see in reality

Space

Einstein’s black holes are not the black holes we see in reality

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Cartoon of an x-ray

Physics

Quantum X-ray machine takes razor sharp pictures with less radiation

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Artist's impression of two quantum particles

Physics

Quantum teleportation used to send 3D information for the first time

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quantum artwork

Physics

Quantum weirdness isn't real – we've just got space and time all wrong

Features

A classic quantum theorem may prove there are many parallel universes

Physics

A classic quantum theorem may prove there are many parallel universes

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Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

Physics

Physicists who came up with supergravity win $3m Breakthrough Prize

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To understand reality, we first need to find our place in it

Physics

To understand reality, we first need to find our place in it

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Jim Al-Khalili

Physics

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili on Leeds United, Einstein and quantum biology

Regulars

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

Physics

Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

We assume our senses see reality as it is - but that could be just an evolved illusion obscuring the true workings of quantum theory and consciousness

Features

Physics

The age of giant particle accelerators like the LHC may be over

Features

Physics

Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate

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Earth

Earth's helium is running out and it has dire consequences for science

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Special relativity