Extraordinary Physics.

Discover little known, yet striking results across physics and mathematics. Written in an accessible way for semi-technical readers, yet with enough details to satisfy the more advanced readers.

New paper - and a bonus

Trying a new way to make science accessible.

The Levitating Frog Moment

Even in science you need a wow factor.

Artifical vs Biological Neurons

Brain biology and organization is complex. Some of this complexity is not captured in our current artificial neural networks, which could limit their potential.

How (not) to model like a pro

How plausible but flawed models hijacked climate policy.

It's Quantum Mechanics, stupid

There are quantum mechanics properties that cannot be reproduced by classical mechanics, or we must accept that faster than light communication is possible. It's one of the other.

Rule of Three for Particles

Strange state of matter that forms from three particles of any type and at any scale, from practically infinitesimal to infinite.

Life in an ever-cooling universe

In an eternally expanding universe life might, at least in principle, endure forever.

The Stability of Matter

Pauli Exclusion Principle prevents matter from collapsing - and exploding.

Blindfold computing

A new form of encryption allows you to compute with data you cannot read.

Finding the still spot

Fixed-point theorems have implications in the most unexpected places, from meteorology to cutting sandwiches.

How to share a secret

A secret S can be divided into n pieces in such a way that even complete knowledge of n – 1 pieces reveals no information about S.

Analog is more powerful than Digital

Computable physical equations can possess non-computable solutions.

The Banach-Tarski paradox of infinite cookies

One of the strangest results in mathematics suggests you can create something out of nothing.

The Answer to (almost) Everything

A well-defined, yet uncomputable number encodes the solutions of all finitely refutable mathematical conjectures (and it's not 42).

Self-consistency in time travel

Could you change history by traveling back in time? A careful analysis of time travel dynamics suggests that the laws of nature would prevent you from tampering with the past.

Uncertainty Principle in Classical Mechanics

Classical mechanics satisfies an uncertainty principle reminiscent of the quantum Heisenberg uncertainty principle.