Is Maths Real? review: Getting comfortable not knowing the answers
28 June 2023
Eugenia Cheng's latest book about mathematics asks deceptively simple questions that hint at the deep mysteries beneath
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Can a robot ever be conscious and how would we know if it were?
7 July 2021
Some people think we could easily build and identify a conscious robot, while others insist that it’s impossible – it all depends on what you think consciousness is.
Can physics explain consciousness and does it create reality?
7 July 2021
We are finally testing the ideas that quantum collapse in the brain gives rise to consciousness and that consciousness creates the reality we see from the quantum world.
Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate
17 July 2019
Our best models of cosmology suggest the universe will either go on forever, implode or rip itself apart. A new proposal suggests an even weirder destiny
Speaking at least one other language may make us more humane
3 April 2019
Forget UN peace-keepers. A new book reckons a deep knowledge of another language could help us all connect emotionally and break down divisive nationalism
Quantum experiment suggests there really are ‘alternative facts’
22 February 2019
A complex probe of the foundations of quantum mechanics suggests that the nature of reality depends on who is looking – there are no objective facts we can agree on
Einstein was wrong: Why 'normal' physics can't explain reality
14 November 2018
The most ambitious experiments yet show that the quantum weirdness Einstein famously hated rules the roost – not just here, but across the entire universe
Quantum mechanics may contradict itself when applied to big objects
18 September 2018
Standard quantum theory explains the behaviour of microscopic things like electrons and atoms. It should also, in principle apply to larger objects – but it might not
AI can detect early signs of Parkinson's from brain scans alone
15 June 2018
An AI could identify signs of Parkinson’s from brain scans alone. One day it could be used to spot the disease before physical symptoms show
Quantum stopwatch could be the best in the universe
22 May 2018
Storing time from a quantum stopwatch with qubits – instead of losing accuracy by stopping and starting it – could give us the ultimate precision in timekeeping
