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Philip Ball

Quantum Physics

Physicists Create a Thermometer for Measuring ‘Quantumness’

Nov 2, 2025 7:00 AM

Complexity Theory

A New Law of Nature Attempts to Explain the Complexity of the Universe

Jun 8, 2025 7:00 AM

New Order

The Puzzle of How Large-Scale Order Emerges in Complex Systems

Jul 21, 2024 7:00 AM

It's Complicated

A New Idea for How to Assemble Life

Aug 13, 2023 8:00 AM

Bioethics

‘Embryo Models’ Challenge the Legal, Ethical, and Biological Concepts of an ‘Embryo’

Jul 23, 2023 8:00 AM

Strange Robots

Cells Form Into Living ‘Xenobots’ on Their Own

Apr 4, 2021 8:00 AM

Superconductors

At Last, Alchemy Arrives in a Burst of Light—From Lasers

Oct 4, 2020 8:00 AM

Physics

Quantum Darwinism Could Explain What Makes Reality Real

Jul 28, 2019 7:00 AM

Schrödinger's cat

Physicists See a Quantum Leap, Halt It, and Reverse It

Jun 9, 2019 8:00 AM

Deep Thoughts

Questioning Truth, Reality, and Scientific Progress

Jun 2, 2018 7:00 AM

Quanta

The Era of Quantum Computing Is Here. Outlook: Cloudy

Feb 4, 2018 7:00 AM

Physics

Physicists Want to Rebuild Quantum Theory From Scratch

Sep 2, 2017 7:00 AM

biology

How Life (and Death) Spring From Disorder

Feb 11, 2017 12:00 PM