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Starts With A Bang!
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The only two “arrows of time” we have don’t match
Our thermodynamic arrow of time explains why the…
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Jun 27
How traveling back in time is permitted by Einstein’s physics
Traveling back in time is a staple of…
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Ethan Siegel
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Feb 20
The true reason why Einstein was history’s greatest physicist
Although many of Einstein’s papers…
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Feb 9
Ask Ethan: Is alien space travel limited by the speed of light?
Without wormholes, warp drive, or some…
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Oct 25, 2023
Relativity and the physics of immortality
Nothing lives forever, at least, not in the physical…
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Oct 24, 2023
Einstein’s top professor didn’t believe in his abilities
Hermann Minkowski called Einstein a…
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Jul 20, 2023
Even “instant” quantum behavior is still limited by the speed of light
Some processes, like quantum…
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Ethan Siegel
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Jul 5, 2023
71 years earlier, this scientist beat Einstein to relativity
Michael Faraday’s 1834 law of induction…
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Jun 6, 2023
Does mass increase when nearing the speed of light?
The concept of ‘relativistic mass’ has been around…
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May 30, 2023
Why Einstein’s E = mc² is only half of the equation
Einstein’s most famous equation is E = mc², which…
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