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George Musser

George Musser is an award-winning science writer and the author of Putting Ourselves Back in the Equation, Spooky Action at a Distance, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide to String Theory. Follow him at @gmusser@mastodon.social, @gmusser.bsky.social, and @georgemusserjr@threads.net.

A Theory of Consciousness Can Help Build a Theory of Everything

Neuroscience is weighing in on physics’ biggest questions.

April 27, 2017

The Noise at the Bottom of the Universe

The origin of quantum noise is the modern incarnation of a millennia-old debate.

July 11, 2016

Let’s Rethink Space

Does space exist without objects, or is it made by them?

January 11, 2016

The Case for Fewer Dimensions

At small scales, gravity seems to blow up—but not if space becomes 1-D.

October 1, 2015

The Quantum Mechanics of Fate

How time travel might explain some of science’s biggest puzzles.

January 21, 2014

The Quantum Mechanics of Fate

How time travel might explain some of science’s biggest puzzles.

January 21, 2014

Roadmap to Alpha Centauri

Pick your favorite travel mode—big, small, light, dark, or twisted.

July 9, 2013