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Science journalist. I write about biology. Read my stories in @nytimes @NatGeo @TIME @sciam @QuantaMagazine @NatureNews @WIRED @PopMech

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On the Deepest Level of Reality, Time and Space Don’t Exist, Physicist Claims

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By Monique Brouillette Verified
| Popular Mechanics Verified
Scientists who have been trying for decades to bridge quantum mechanics and the theory of relativity have come up with a possible solution for quantum gravity. One bold proposal, Group Field Theory (GFT), says that the fabric of spacetime is not fundamental but emerges from the tiniest building blocks of space the way wetness emerges from water molecules. This means “atoms of space” can be thought of as abstract quantum entities that don’t reside in spacetime at all. Physicists have a problem.
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On the Deepest Level of Reality, Time and Space Don’t Exist, Physicist Claims

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By Monique Brouillette Verified
| Flipboard
A field guide to seeing through false expertise • Being overwhelmed by information every day can not only tire you out but also make you more likely to trust bad sources. • So, in a world where social …
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Fruit Fly Sperm Are Giant. How Do They Stay Untangled?

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By Monique Brouillette Verified
| Breaking One
(Trilobites) Some of the largest sperm come from the smallest animals. Take the tiny fruit flies that hover over overripe bananas. The male flies hold the world record for longest sperm, at a whopping 2 inches. That's roughly 20 times their body size (and about 1,000 times the length of human sperm, which are 0.05 millimeters). The physics of this presents a real packing nightmare. It's like jamming thousands of strands of fishing line into a shoebox.
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