Category: Changin’ the world
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The incredible galactic foxtrot
Ya’ll know the laws of physics are symmetrical–they have no preferred direction. The speed of light (and more or less everything else) is the same whichever way it is pointin’, right? So it’d be surprisin’ if the universe turned out to be asymmetric, shockin’ if it had a prefered axis and stunnin’ if it had…
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The physics of poverty
Why are poor countries unable to make themselves richer by exporting to developed countries? What keeps ’em in this poverty trap? Economists ain’t got a clue, otherwise they’d a told us, right? But this week a group of physicists have unveiled some ideas with the kinda insight that might just turn this field on its…