Popular Physics
In 2017, Terry Rudolph introduced an elementary rewriting system that relies on a representation of quantum states as misty states to accurately describe the basics of quantum circuits and quantum computation to high-school and…
Research into the emergence and evolution of intelligence is underrepresented in astrobiology. I propose noosemiotics, the study of noosignatures, to address this gap. Noosignatures are the structured traces that minds leave on a medium,…
Shadow bands are transient, rippling patterns of light and dark that may appear in moments before and after totality in a solar eclipse. Despite centuries of reports, their physical origin has remained unresolved. This preprint develops a…
We give an introduction to the cosmological multiverse, aimed at an audience of artists. We discuss general relativity -- our modern theory of gravity -- and the cosmological constant, which is widely believed to be responsible for the…
The advent of Extremely Large Telescopes ELTs, ground-based optical or infrared observatories with primary mirrors exceeding 20 m heralds a transformative epoch in observational astronomy. This article examines the dawn of this new era and…
This paper presents an interdisciplinary analysis of the "Star of Bethlehem" narrative described in the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 2:1-12), examining the hypothesis, originally proposed by Johannes Kepler, that the reported phenomenon may be…
The sensory perceptions of vision and sound may be considered as complementary doorways towards interpreting and understanding physical phenomena. We provide a few selected samples where scientific data of systems usually not directly…
The rapidly evolving cryptocurrency market presents unique challenges for investment due to its inherent volatility and evolving regulatory environment. Collective price movements can be exploited to construct diversified portfolios with…
VAM ({\it velocit\`a ascensionale media}) is a measurement that quantifies a cyclist's climbing ability. We show that to minimize the time to attain a given height gain\, -- \,which is tantamount to maximizing VAM\, -- \,a cyclist should…
A simplified method to calculate the critical mass of a fissile material sphere is presented. This is a purely pedagogical study, in part to elucidate the historical evolution of criticality calculations. This method employs only elementary…
Recent work on the Loeb Scale has provided astronomy a structured framework for assessing anomalous interstellar objects, including a quantitative mapping of a classification ranking, its evolution with the addition of data, and a broader…
Quantum computing is a new approach to computation that utilizes superposition, entanglement, interference, and tunneling to solve problems too complex for classical computers. This paper discusses the basic concepts and development of…
Concepts on quantum physics are generally difficult for the general public to understand and grasp due to its counter-intuitive nature and requirement for higher level of mathematical literacy. With categorical quantum mechanics (CQM),…
The high frequency of satellite launches, particularly over the last few years, has been a subject of significant concern, particularly relating to the future of observational astronomy, the stability of low Earth orbits, and environmental…
Classical Marxism and the algebra of revolution were formulated within the ontological constraints of 19th-century Newtonian materialism-a world of discrete, predictable, billiard-ball interactions. However, the 20th-century transitions in…
Recently, numerical examples of stable soap bubble clusters with multiple torus bubbles have been presented. The geometry of these clusters is based on the Platonic solids whose vertices have valence $3$ (in order to fulfill Plateau's…
This paper develops a two-parameter matrix that can be used to describe four general strategies in the search for technosignatures. The first parameter is domain accessibility: can the technosignature be accessed within the spatial domain…
We present an empirical argument against the existence of single timeline backward time travel using the price behavior of prediction markets. If rational agents could travel backward in time, binary prediction contracts would converge to…
The cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman argues that we don't perceive reality: spacetime, objects, colors, sounds, tastes, and so forth, are all merely an interface that we evolved to track evolutionary fitness rather than to perceive truths…
In the early 1970s, Jacob Bekenstein discovered that black holes have entropy, which became one of the greatest scientific revolutions of the second half of the 20th century. The objective of this paper is to present a simple derivation --…