A new hypothesis known as the Quantum Memory Matrix (QMM) could help explain some of the biggest mysteries of the universe, including the Black Hole Information Paradox. The idea is that space-time ...

In 1919, physicist Theodor Kaluza hypothesized that extra dimensions might solve some outstanding problems in physics. And ...

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For more than a century, physicists have suspected that the familiar three dimensions of space might be only a small slice of ...

We can never 100% prove that the constants really are constant. There is a set of very special numbers, known as the fundamental constants of nature, that cannot be explained. Where do they come from?

Philosophers have agonized over time-travel paradoxes for more than a century, yet the basic concept rests on the same subtle ...

Two blind spots torture physicists: the birth of the universe and the center of a black hole. The former may feel like a moment in time and the latter a point in space, but in both cases the normally ...

One of the most awkward parts of writing a book is that, eventually, authors have to ask people for “blurbs” – the endorsements that you see on the cover of a book, encouraging you to buy it. I am now ...

Encouraged by successes in understanding black holes, theoretical physicists are applying what they’ve learned to whole ...

Yet according to physics, information is never destroyed. In principle, a burned book is just as readable as the original—if you analyze the ashes of the fire, the smoke and the flames to re-create ...

Why is there any matter in the universe? A new antimatter breakthrough at LHC holds clues. At one-one-thousandth of a second after the Big Bang, the great annihilation event should have wiped out all ...