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• Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback
  Posted on Monday November 17, 2025
  Has the secret to understanding gravity been hiding in plain sight for nearly 40 years? The post Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »
• Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down.
  Posted on Friday November 14, 2025
  The physics of mixing water layers — an interplay of wind, climate and more — makes lakes work. When it stops, impacts can ripple across an ecosystem. The post Mixing Is the Heartbeat of Deep Lakes. At Crater Lake, It’s Slowing Down. first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »
• New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities
  Posted on Wednesday November 12, 2025
  Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics. The post New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »
• To Have Machines Make Math Proofs, Turn Them Into a Puzzle
  Posted on Monday November 10, 2025
  Marijn Heule turns mathematical statements into something like Sudoku puzzles, then has computers go to work on them. His proofs have been called “disgusting,” but they go beyond what any human can do. The post To Have Machines Make Math Proofs, Turn Them Into a Puzzle first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »
• Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics
  Posted on Friday November 07, 2025
  Quantum mechanics has at last been formulated exclusively with real numbers, bringing a mathematical puzzle at the heart of the theory into a new era of inquiry. The post Physicists Take the Imaginary Numbers Out of Quantum Mechanics first appeared on Quanta Magazine Continue Reading »