Columnist Natalie Wolchover checks in with particle physicists more than a decade after the field entered a profound crisis.

Quantum physics paints a strange picture of the world, one filled with spooky connections, unsettling uncertainties ...

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An old puzzle in particle physics has been solved: How can quantum field theories be best formulated on a lattice to ...

For more than a century, modern physics has rested on two towering frameworks that do not quite agree with each other.

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In 2023, a subatomic particle called a neutrino crashed into Earth with such a high amount of energy that it should have been ...

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A new physics paper takes a step toward creating a long-sought "theory of everything" by uniting gravity with the quantum world. However, the new theory remains far from being proven observationally.

Mind = blown.

The hypothetical faster-than-light particle known as the tachyon may marry with the special theory of relativity, according to a team of physicists, making its existence more plausible. Tachyons are a ...