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General relativity at 100: Still no theory of everything

Physics

General relativity at 100: Still no theory of everything

General relativity and quantum theory are fundamentally incompatible theories of reality. How so – and what can we do about that?

Features

General relativity at 100: The paradox of black holes

Space

General relativity at 100: The paradox of black holes

Features

Feedback: Dutch ships' quantum manifests

Life

Feedback: Dutch ships' quantum manifests

Regulars

How I'm going to photograph a black hole

Technology

How I'm going to photograph a black hole

Features

Explore 100 years of general relativity

Physics

Explore 100 years of general relativity

Features

General relativity at 100: The missing piece of the jigsaw

Physics

General relativity at 100: The missing piece of the jigsaw

Features

General relativity at 100: Einstein's witness in the sky

Space

General relativity at 100: Einstein's witness in the sky

Features

Invisibility cloak for heat could help mice vanish from snakes

Life

Invisibility cloak for heat could help mice vanish from snakes

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Physics Nobel prize for discovering neutrinos can change flavour

Technology

Physics Nobel prize for discovering neutrinos can change flavour

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Basic quantum computation achieved with silicon for first time

Technology

Basic quantum computation achieved with silicon for first time

So far we have had to use supercooled materials to try out ultra-fast quantum logic. Now silicon, already standard in electronics, has gained that talent

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Technology

Neutrino detectors could keep discreet tabs on nuclear reactors

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Life

Slow cyclists gain advantage from schooling like fish

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Physics

The mismeasure of metrology

Leader

Physics

Probability is as useful to physics as flat-Earth theory

Opinion