8 November 2021
A forgotten idea of Albert Einstein’s might be the saviour of cosmology, plus the great man’s (vain) quest to undermine quantum weirdness and the question of why the universe looks “just right” for our existence
25 August 2021
Particles in many places at once, spooky influences and cats that are dead and alive at the same time – these are the phenomena that earned quantum theory its reputation for weirdness
21 June 2021
Emmy Noether is famous for Noether’s theorem, which says that symmetries in the universe give rise to mathematical conservation laws
3 June 2021
Physicist Carlo Rovelli has made pioneering contributions to the science of quantum theory and consciousness. Our exclusive short film "The Meaning of Meaning" reveals the man behind the ideas
6 May 2021
Max Born was a German physicist whose Nobel prizewinning contributions to quantum theory are central to quantum mechanics
22 April 2021
Quantum field theory marries the ideas of other quantum theories to depict all particles as “excitations” that arise in underlying fields.
4 June 2020
The weak nuclear force is the fundamental force responsible for radioactive beta decay.
2 June 2020
Gravity is the fundamental force that determines how massive objects interact.
15 May 2019
Quantum physics underlies how atoms work, and so why chemistry and biology work as they do. You, me and the gatepost – at some level at least, we’re all dancing to the quantum tune.
