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Recent stories by Paul Sutter

1. Neutrinos: The inscrutable “ghost particles” driving scientists crazy

   They hold the keys to new physics. If only we could understand them.

   Paul Sutter – Jun 11, 2024 11:00 am UTC

2. New warp drive concept does twist space, doesn’t move us very fast

   While it won't make a useful spaceship engine, it may tell us more about relativity.

   Paul Sutter – May 23, 2024 12:55 pm UTC

3. Outdoing the dinosaurs: What we can do if we spot a threatening asteroid

   Someday, an NEO will pose a threat to us. Thankfully, we have options.

   Paul Sutter – May 10, 2024 11:00 am UTC

4. How to keep Earth from being cooked by the ever-hotter Sun

   Here are two options for future humans to keep us in the habitable zone.

   Paul Sutter – Apr 16, 2024 11:30 am UTC

5. The top 5 astronomical discoveries of all time (so far)

   From Eratosthenes' circumference to black holes, we've learned a lot about the cosmos.

   Paul Sutter – Mar 18, 2024 12:56 pm UTC

6. Could our Universe be a simulation? How would we even tell?

   Simulations all the way down—the philosophical debate on the nature of our Universe.

   Paul Sutter – Jan 31, 2024 11:30 am UTC

7. The key to fighting pseudoscience isn’t mockery—it’s empathy

   Evidence shows that shoving data in peoples’ faces doesn’t work to change minds.

   Paul Sutter – Jan 10, 2024 12:45 pm UTC

8. We can leave the Solar System, but arriving anywhere is not happening soon

   What if we dropped interstellar ambitions and focused on understanding our home system?

   Paul Sutter – Jul 10, 2023 11:00 am UTC

9. We’re effectively alone in the Universe, and that’s OK

   Solitude is not a curse—it urges us to explore the mysteries of our galaxy and beyond.

   Paul Sutter – May 18, 2023 11:00 am UTC

10. The Universe sucks: The mysterious Great Attractor that’s pulling us in

    We're headed toward something we can't clearly see—and we'll never get there.

    Paul Sutter – Apr 24, 2023 11:45 am UTC

11. Would building a Dyson sphere be worth it? We ran the numbers.

    Here's the math behind making a star-encompassing megastructure.

    Paul Sutter – Mar 27, 2023 11:40 am UTC

12. A guide to (not) understanding quantum mechanics

    How can we come to grips with a theory that doesn’t explain how anything works?

    Paul Sutter – Feb 13, 2023 12:30 pm UTC

13. Requiem for a string: Charting the rise and fall of a theory of everything

    String theory was supposed to explain all of physics. What went wrong?

    Paul Sutter – Jan 27, 2023 12:30 pm UTC

14. Black holes can’t trash info about what they swallow—and that’s a problem

    Solving the information paradox could unlock quantum gravity and unification of forces.

    Paul Sutter – Oct 3, 2022 1:45 pm UTC

15. The Big Bang should have made cracks in spacetime—why haven’t we found them?

    Cosmic strings' greatest power? Their ability to confound physicists.

    Paul Sutter – Sep 20, 2022 4:00 pm UTC

16. Behold the Magnetar, nature’s ultimate superweapon

    Their magnetic fields—the strongest we've observed—could melt you from 1,000 km away.

    Paul Sutter – Jun 17, 2022 10:45 am UTC

17. How to build a wormhole in just 3 (nearly impossible) steps

    Planning a trip to the Andromeda Galaxy? Not so fast.

    Paul Sutter – May 18, 2022 10:30 am UTC

18. Why the [expletive] can’t we travel back in time?

    If the inability to time travel were a fundamental part of our Universe, you’d expect equally fundamental physics behind that rule.

    Paul Sutter – Nov 30, 2021 12:30 pm UTC

19. A guide to living at a black hole

    Living next to Ned Flanders won't teach you as much about the fundamental nature of reality.

    Paul M. Sutter – Jun 16, 2021 11:30 am UTC