Limits of Science – Page 2

The Shrinking Proton: Particle Is Smaller Than Thought
By the Editor on January 24, 2013
How many protons can dance on the head of a pin? The answer is nowhere near as straightforward as...
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What Should We Be Worried About?
By the Editor on January 15, 2013
We worry because we are built to anticipate the future. Nothing can stop us from worrying, but science can...
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Physicist Wants to Put Einstein’s Equation to the Test
By the Editor on January 10, 2013
Does E always equal mc²? University of Arizona physicist Andrei Lebed suspects not – and plans to try and...
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The Life of Pi, and Other Infinities
By the Editor on January 2, 2013
The popular notion of infinity may be of a monolithic totality, the ultimate, unbounded big tent that goes on...
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State of the World’s Science
By the Editor on December 18, 2012
The pursuit of knowledge is now a global enterprise. Scientific American and Nature have teamed up on this special...
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Do We Live in a Computer Simulation?
By the Editor on December 11, 2012
A decade ago, a British philosopher put forth the notion that the universe we live in might in fact...
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Atom Smasher Creates New Kind of Matter
By the Editor on November 28, 2012
Collisions between particles inside the Large Hadron Collider atom smasher have created what looks like a new form of...
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Does Big Money Equal Better Science?
By the Editor on November 13, 2012
The search for the Higgs boson using the Large Hadron Collider at Cern has taken years of research and...
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Super-Fast Space Travel Would Kill You in Minutes
By the Editor on November 5, 2012
Everyone thinks it would be cool to travel at the speed of light, which is why scientists devote their...
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The Higgs, Boltzmann Brains, and Monkeys Typing Hamlet
By the Editor on November 1, 2012
Amir D. Aczel blogs about physics and cosmology for Discover’s Crux: If somebody told you that there are angels...
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