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The Truth is in the Stars

A panel discussion on science, creativity, and Star Trek

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Things didn’t go so smoothly at the big bang…

A decades-old description of the big bang may not hold up to mathematical scrutiny, according to new work co-authored by…
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Innovation150 Expo brings science to life for Hamilton students

What do you get when 11 of Canada’s top science organizations go back to high school for a day? One amazing…
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Spill: a kinetic sound sculpture at Perimeter Institute

Making music with a pendulum, 75 pounds of rice, and imagination.
/Jun 21, 2017
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Can you chalk up a high score on this blackboard quiz?

Physics World explores the enduring role of blackboards in theoretical physics, and invites you to test your physics knowledge with…
/Jun 01, 2017
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Why evidence still matters (but some people don’t care)

Any scientist can tell you that truth is a tricky proposition. Evidence is much more straightforward – or is it?
/May 23, 2017
Quantum Foundations

A quantum case of mind over matter?

New research proposes a way to test whether quantum entanglement is affected by consciousness.
/May 19, 2017
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The Truth is in the Stars: a panel on science and creativity Wednesday, June 14, 2017 Live panel discussion webcast:…
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Hollywood physics: grading movies on scientific accuracy

In space, no one can hear you nitpicking.
/May 18, 2017
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About time: metronomes at Perimeter

The tick-tocking of 100 metronomes provided a fitting musical interlude to a conference examining the nature of time in the…
/May 12, 2017
Astrophysics, Fun Stuff

Musicians turn Trappist-1 system into orbital jazz

When Canadian astrophysicists wrote a paper showing how the orbits of the newly discovered Trappist planets could be stable, a…
/May 11, 2017
Cosmology, Astrophysics

Hearing the universe’s briefest notes

CHIME, a radio telescope under construction in British Columbia, expects to find hundreds of “fast radio bursts” and generate a…
/May 10, 2017
Quantum Information, Quantum Foundations

Do cause and effect work differently in the quantum world?

Researchers at Perimeter Institute and the Institute for Quantum Computing find quantum causality is “much richer than in the classical world.”
/May 09, 2017
Outreach, Young Minds, Fun Stuff

10 common misconceptions in physics

The true power of science is that it perpetually refines our understanding based on new evidence.
Quantum Fields and Strings

String theory solution is tailor-made

Researchers cut a vexing problem into manageable shapes, and come up with a solution that could apply to all string…
/Apr 19, 2017
Cosmology, Strong Gravity

The universe from a hologram?

New research proposes that the universe may have been two-dimensional at the time of the big bang.
/Apr 12, 2017
Outreach

Physics, finance, and the value of evidence

When physicist and philosopher James Weatherall came to Waterloo to present his Perimeter Public Lecture, we jumped at the chance…
/Apr 11, 2017
Cosmology, Astrophysics

Earth-sized telescope seeks “monsters in the night”

The globe-spanning Event Horizon Telescope is focussed with extreme precision at the black hole in the centre of our galaxy.
/Apr 08, 2017
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Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space: Janna Levin Public Lecture

Wednesday May 3, 2017 at 7 PM ET The live webcast will appear on this page More than a billion years…
/Apr 06, 2017
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