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100 years on, quantum mechanics is redefining reality—with us at the center Increasingly popular theories hold that experimental outcomes really do depend on the observer

what does our strangest, deepest theory of physics tell us about the nature of reality? celebrating quantum’s 100th birthday for @science.org

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YouTube video by SciComm Excellence Cosmology: Our Quest to Understand the Universe

Halloween is also #DarkMatterDay! 🎃🌌

Celebrate the invisible forces that shape our universe with @zacksavitsky.bsky.social, @clairelamman.bsky.social, and @sanjanacurtis.bsky.social. Studying the origins, elements, and mysteries of the cosmos — connects us all: youtu.be/xbrom_qFwsA #scicomm 💫

one of those “i love my job” stories

Climate Modeling Is at a Crossroads Podcast Episode · The Quanta Podcast · 09/30/2025 · 27m

The climate is changing. So is the way we understand the climate.

On this week's episode, contributing writer @zacksavitsky.bsky.social joins host @pateljournalist.bsky.social to discuss his reporting on the rich history and uncertain future of climate modeling.

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it was a privilege to contribute to this package. check out my story on how scientists digitally sculpted the planet to predict the future, and how those in power today are dismantling the quest to model the climate

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Climate journalist Alec Luhn missing on Norwegian glacier A search is underway for award-winning climate journalist Alec Luhn, a Wisconsin native, who is missing on a Norwegian glacier.

Alec is a great guy and a great journalist. He recently went for a backpacking trip on a glacier in Norway and is now missing. Please help spread the word in case someone knows something that can help searchers.

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‘Strange metals’ point to a whole new way to understand electricity Exotic materials with bizarre electron behavior could pave the road to revolutionary technologies

in a copper-clad laboratory in Vienna, the textbook understanding of electricity is starting to crack. what’s emerging is a new vision of electronics without the electron.

my latest feature for @science.org

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Finding Peter Putnam The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind

He modeled the logic of induction; traced the contours of the embodied mind; hung out with Einstein, Wheeler, and Bohr; gave away millions for art and conservation; fought for civil and gay rights; and lived as a janitor. My new story in @nautil.us

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YouTube video by SciComm Excellence Zack Savitsky: A Journalist On A Mission to Understand Our Universe

#SciComm awards winner @zacksavitsky.bsky.social is a freelance science journalist who writes stories about our evolving understanding of the universe and our place within it. 🌌🪐 His reporting seeks to answer some of humanity's deepest questions.

Watch here: youtu.be/j7ntz1K_vr4 #sciencejournalism

great work on this one, Sarah! fun chatting 😌

Debate erupts around Microsoft’s blockbuster quantum computing claims Physicists cast doubt on measurements validating Microsoft’s first quantum chip, Majorana 1

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Shocking Dark Energy Findings Challenge the Standard Model of the Universe A new map of cosmic expansion suggests that dark energy evolves over time, hinting that the universe doesn’t work the way we thought it did

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big week for physics

this dream project was made possible with support from @nattyover.bsky.social, @jonasparnow.com and @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de (MIP.labor)

What Is Entropy? A Measure of Just How Little We Really Know. | Quanta Magazine Exactly 200 years ago, a French engineer introduced an idea that would quantify the universe’s inexorable slide into decay. But entropy, as it’s currently understood, is less a fact about the world th...

i spent most of this year studying (confronting) disorder, futility, and uncertainty. here’s my optimistic interactive essay on the decay of everything:

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