Science

For centuries, humanity believed the universe was a single, self-contained stage. One set of physical laws. One beginning. One reality unfolding in a predictable cosmic order. Every major scientific revolution—from Newton to Einstein to quantum mechanics—expanded our understanding of how the universe works, but not how many universes there might be. Now, quietly and without dramatic headlines or cinematic explosions, a series of quantum simulations has reopened one of the most unsettling questions science can ask: What if our universe is not alone? Recent experimental work by physicists working with quantum systems—some associated with CERN collaborations and adjacent research groups—has produced results that resemble behaviors predicted in theoretical models of parallel or layered unive...

There are moments when memory defies chronology. A distant experience from years ago suddenly appears in the mind, alive with all the freshness of the present. What seemed buried in the past returns uninvited, as if it had never truly left. In that instant, time loses its authority; the memory has escaped its cage. This everyday phenomenon hints at a deeper philosophical truth: time is not always the measure of reality. Some things—like memory, meaning, and creation—may exist outside its flow. Memory as a Window Beyond Time A memory from eight years ago may strike us as vividly as something that happened yesterday. Why? Because memory is not just a record of the past; it is a presence that reappears. Unlike the clock, which measures continuous moments, memory collapses distance....

Imagine two particles, separated by billions of light-years, yet somehow still connected in a way that makes them behave as one. When something happens to one particle, the other reacts instantly, no matter the distance. This phenomenon—quantum entanglement—is one of the strangest and most fascinating discoveries in physics. It challenges our understanding of space, time, and reality itself. As Albert Einstein once said with skepticism, it is “spooky action at a distance.” And yet, countless experiments have shown that entanglement is not only real but may also be one of the keys to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. What Is Quantum Entanglement? At its core, quantum entanglement happens when two particles interact in such a way that their states become linked. If...

The silent endurance of nuclear submarines is one of the marvels of modern engineering. Unlike diesel-electric submarines, which require frequent refueling and surfacing for air, nuclear submarines can remain submerged for months, limited only by crew endurance and food supplies. The secret behind this extraordinary capability lies in the incredible energy density of uranium-235 (U-235), the fuel that powers their nuclear reactors. The Extraordinary Energy of Nuclear Fission At the heart of a submarine’s power system is the process of nuclear fission. When a U-235 nucleus absorbs a neutron, it becomes unstable and splits into two smaller nuclei (called fission fragments), releasing: ~200 MeV (million electron volts) of energy per fission event. Additional neutrons...

For decades, one question has haunted physics more stubbornly than almost any other: why does anything exist at all? According to the most basic laws of physics, the universe should never have made it past its first moments. Matter and antimatter should have been created in equal quantities during the Big Bang, instantly annihilating one another in a blinding flash of energy, leaving behind a smooth, empty cosmos filled only with radiation. And yet, here we are. Galaxies exist. Stars burn. Planets formed. Life emerged. Somewhere in the universe’s first heartbeat, the rules were bent—just slightly enough to let matter win. In early 2025, a group of Japanese physicists proposed a theory so strange, so elegant, and so ambitious that it may finally connect several of physics’ deepest mysteri...

If you’ve ever stared at a tiled wall and felt the weird comfort of repetition—square after square, pattern after pattern—then the “Einstein tile” is the kind of discovery that quietly breaks your brain. It’s not about Albert Einstein. It’s not about physics. It’s about a question mathematicians have obsessed over for decades: Can a single shape tile the plane forever… but only in a way that never repeats? In other words, can one shape cover an infinite flat surface with no gaps and no overlaps, while also refusing to form a repeating wallpaper pattern? That puzzle is known as the Einstein problem, named as a pun on the German phrase ein Stein (“one stone”).  And in the early 2020s, the answer finally arrived—wearing a jagged little silhouette that people started calling the Hat. What...

When scientists first described rosehip neurons in 2018, the neuroscience world reacted with a mix of surprise and fascination. It isn’t often that researchers discover an entirely new type of brain cell—especially one that appears to exist only in humans. Hidden deep in the cerebral cortex, these neurons may hold clues about what makes the human mind so complex, so adaptable, and so uniquely capable of abstract thought. Named for their bulb-like shape that resembles a rosehip fruit, these neurons are small, intricate, and densely wired. Unlike typical cortical neurons, which connect across large regions of the brain, rosehip neurons create extremely localized, precise control circuits, as if they are fine-tuning small pockets of brain activity with incredible accuracy. This precision and...

For decades, Mars has been framed as humanity’s next frontier—a dusty, barren world waiting to be explored, colonized, and studied. The public was taught a comfortable, harmless narrative: Mars is dead, empty, and quiet, a graveyard of rock and rust untouched by life. But according to Dr. Travis Taylor—astrophysicist, aerospace engineer, military scientist, and one of the most outspoken scientific voices in America—that narrative was never accurate. In interview after interview, analysis after analysis, and research spanning his government work, aerospace consulting, and involvement in classified studies, Taylor has been dropping hints that Mars is far stranger, far more unsettling, and far more scientifically active than the public has been allowed to believe. His claims are not the rambl...

For most of human history, the idea of parallel universes belonged to the realm of myth, mysticism, and—much later—science fiction. It appeared in folk tales about mirrored worlds, in ancient philosophical speculation, and eventually in comic books and blockbuster movies. But today, the multiverse has evolved from a narrative device into something far more serious: a concept many physicists now consider not only plausible, but mathematically unavoidable. The shift didn’t happen overnight. It emerged through decades of cosmology, quantum mechanics, and high-level mathematics converging on one strange truth: our universe is too unlikely, too fine-tuned, and too cosmically specific to be the only one. The multiverse, once dismissed as speculation, now stands at the crossroads of modern physi...

Few mysteries are as profound as the question of consciousness. How does subjective experience arise from the physical matter of the brain? How do neurons, electrical impulses, and chemical signals give rise to thoughts, emotions, and awareness? For centuries, philosophers and scientists have grappled with this puzzle. Today, some researchers are exploring a possibility that stretches beyond classical neuroscience and ventures into the strange world of quantum physics. The Orch OR Theory: Consciousness in the Microtubules One of the boldest proposals comes from physicist Roger Penrose and anesthesiologist Stuart Hameroff, who developed the Orchestrated Objective Reduction (Orch OR) theory. The Core Idea Inside neurons, there are microtubules, tiny protein structures tha...