Testing free will: New experiments on the quantum property that baffled Einstein
A paper questions assumptions about ‘nonlocality,’ the instantaneous influence between particles at a distance, rekindling old questions about freedom of choice
Fenix, a new Rotterdam museum that explores immigration through art
The facility stands in front of the former site of the Holland-America Line shipping company, which brought millions of emigrants to the United States and Canada in the 19th and 20th centuries
How do we know dark matter exists if it can’t be detected?
Marina Cermeño Gavilán|
Since Vera Cooper Rubin’s breakthrough in 1977, a wealth of evidence has been accumulated through astronomical observations at different scales, from galaxies and clusters to the cosmic microwave background radiation
‘Mileva Einstein, theory of sadness’: when the physicist wanted to turn his wife, and brilliant mathematician, into his maid
Croatian novelist Slavenka Drakulić reconstructs the terrible circumstances that marked the life of the first wife of the future Nobel Prize winner. She contributed greatly to the development of Einstein’s theories
‘Oy vey!’ said Einstein
It would be nice if the story of the atomic bombs dropped on Japan on two occasions were not told as a result of the inevitable
‘Oppenheimer’: who’s who in Christopher Nolan’s biopic
The film is filled with true life characters who played an important role in Project Manhattan and in the scientist’s security hearing of 1954
Oppenheimer: Why was the father of the atomic bomb accused of working with the Soviets?
Even though the scientist was the mastermind behind the atomic bomb, he believed the second bombing was unjustified and made efforts to impede the advancement of the much more potent hydrogen bomb, resulting in an investigation on his political inclinations
Can (or should) science prove the existence of God?
A bestselling book in France claims to offer evidence of a supreme being that created the universe, reigniting a debate over the relationship between science and religion
Carla Marín, physicist: ‘We try to reproduce the conditions that existed at the origin of the universe’
The researcher, who was recently recognized by the Spanish Royal Society of Physics and the BBVA Foundation, talks about mysteries like dark matter and the lack of antimatter
Emmy Noether, the renowned mathematician who taught 20 years of unpaid classes just because she was a woman
Only her personal fight against the prevailing norm of her time allowed her to be a pioneer in fields such as algebra or physics
Was all matter in existence formed in the Big Bang or is new matter still being created?
Mar Bastero Gil|
The Big Bang model is, for the time being, the one that best explains the universe
Women of science
The two scientists awarded the Nobel Prize are Katalin Karikó, for Covid vaccines, and Anne L’Huillier, for a sharp look into the interior of the atom. Something is moving in Stockholm
The schizophrenia, intelligence, rage and delicacy of Robert Oppenheimer
The scientist responsible for the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb, was one of the most unique figures of the 20th century due to his enigmatic and complex nature
Sean M. Carroll, physicist: ‘Understanding just 5% of the universe already seems like a lot’
‘Equations are like poems,’ says the researcher, who feels very comfortable at the intersection of science and culture and has a popular podcast where he discusses fundamental ideas of physics
Kurt Gödel and the U.S. Constitution’s loophole
Chance and paranoia shaped the life of the Austrian scientist and friend of Albert Einstein. His work has been key in the development of software engineering
Research inches toward quantum supremacy with results unattainable by classical computing
The experiment attained precise measurements using a processor of only 127 qubits and an error mitigation strategy
Nobel winner Anton Zeilinger: ‘Physicists can make measurements, but cannot say anything about the essence of reality’
The Austrian scientist, a pioneer of quantum teleportation, reflects on God, the nature of things and the future of computing
A Jewish couple dodged Nazi censorship to publish children’s books in occupied Holland
The El Pintor collection gets fresh life from a new biography and an upcoming exhibit at the National Holocaust Museum in Amsterdam
Experiment contradicts Einstein and reveals ‘spooky quantum action’ with superconducting qubits 30 meters apart
The study defied the speed of light to prove loophole-free entanglement in complex systems and paves the way for distributed quantum computing
Time flies, because we’re spending almost a quarter of each day scrolling on the internet
The latest neuroscientific research indicates that the addictive dynamics of social media can alter our perception of time
‘We have made science fiction come true!’ Scientists prove particles in a quantum system can be rejuvenated
An Austrian and Spanish team demonstrated that a process can be ‘rewound’ to restore the components of an atom to their previous state
From Einstein and Freud to Spielberg and Roth: the influence of Jewish culture on the world
The work of artists and intellectuals whose background was previously considered irrelevant or accidental is now being examined in a new light
From Albert Einstein to Harry Houdini: A compendium of historic surgeries
In ‘Under the Knife,’ Arnold Van de Laar presents a collection of anecdotes from the operating room, with protagonists ranging from Kennedy to the ancient Romans
The Manhattan Project’s last survivor
A new book and documentary film about Nobel laureate Roy J. Glauber offer a fascinating look into the early days of the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Einstein’s two surreal weeks in Spain
Physicist received a hero’s welcome in 1923, although few at the time understood why