Physics Archive

Inside the Large Underground Xenon (LUX) dark matter detector, at the top and bottom of the detector, arrays of photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) can detect a single photon of light inside. These faint signals of light can tell physicists whether they have detected the unique signature of a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle or WIMP.

Physics Confronts Its Heart of Darkness

newsonthego | August 31, 2016

Physics has missed a long-scheduled appointment with its future—again. The latest, most sensitive searches for the particles thought to make up dark matter—the invisible stuff that may comprise

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World’s Smartest Physicist Thinks Science Can’t Crack Consciousness

newsonthego | August 23, 2016

Some mind-ponderers, notably philosopher Colin McGinn, argue that consciousness is unsolvable. Philosopher Owen Flanagan calls these pessimists “mysterians,” after the 60’s-era rock group “Question Mark and the Mysterians.”