SCIENCE

Waves in an Impossible Sea: the 2024 science book of the year | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Dec, 2024

The excellent popular science book, Waves in an Impossible Sea: How everyday life emerges from the cosmic ocean, written by…

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Ask Ethan: Does quantum computation occur in parallel universes? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Dec, 2024

The Google Willow chip is the first quantum chip to have more than 100 qubits, with 105 qubits to it.…

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The quantum reason behind the solidity of matter | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Dec, 2024

Traditionally, atoms are viewed as dense nuclei, a mix of protons and neutrons, surrounded by electrons that move in specific…

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Starts With A Bang Podcast #112 — Galactic Archaeology | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Dec, 2024

This illustration of our Milky Way shows an ancient galactic stream wrapped around our galaxy’s plane at nearly a 90…

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This is what we’ll see when Betelgeuse goes supernova | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Dec, 2024

Observation of the red supergiant star, Betelgeuse, revealed a vast plume of gas almost as large as our Solar System…

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What JWST found beneath the Sombrero galaxy’s hat | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Dec, 2024

The Sombrero galaxy, commonly viewed in optical light (as shown at bottom, via Hubble), displays a vastly different set of…

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Why the number “1/137” appears everywhere in nature | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Dec, 2024

Each s orbital (red), each of the p orbitals (yellow), the d orbitals (blue) and the f orbitals (green) can…

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Could dark matter be the same thing as dark energy? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Dec, 2024

While the web of dark matter (purple, left) might seem to determine cosmic structure formation on its own, the feedback…

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Ask Ethan: Does the CMB really “prove” the Big Bang? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2024

This map shows the CMB’s polarization signal, as measured by the Planck satellite in 2015. The top and bottom insets…

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What happens if you deep fry a frozen turkey? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Nov, 2024

One of the more novel ways to cook a Thanksgiving turkey is in a deep fryer. However, this method comes…

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