Everything humanity has ever touched, measured, or imagined as “normal” matter is a tiny sliver of reality. Less than 5 ...
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Richard Feynman, a famous theoretical physicist who won the Nobel Prize, said that if he could pass on only one piece of scientific information to future generations, it would be that all things are ...
You've probably seen videos showing characters walking through walls like ghosts. Upon closer inspection, atoms consist of a vast majority of empty space. So why is physical reality so different?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stephen L. Levy, Binghamton University, State University of New York (THE CONVERSATION ...