George Musser
Scientific American
New York, NY, United States
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How Physicists Cracked a Black Hole Paradox
Quantum entanglement and spacetime wormholes helped to solve a long-standing quandary → Read More
The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End
In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information — an apparent violation of Einstein’s theory of relativity. → Read More
The Black Hole Information Paradox Comes to an End
In a landmark series of calculations, physicists have proved that black holes can shed information. → Read More
The Search for Truth in Physics
How close can physics bring us to a truly fundamental understanding of the world? → Read More
Survey Polls the World: Should a Self-Driving Car Save Passengers, or Kids in the Road?
More than two million internet respondents pondered dilemmas to consider in letting vehicles make moral choices → Read More
What Is Spacetime?
Physicists believe that at the tiniest scales, space emerges from quanta. What might these building blocks look like? → Read More
Job One for Quantum Computers: Boost Artificial Intelligence
The fusion of quantum computing and machine learning has become a booming research area. Can it possibly live up to its high expectations? → Read More
What the Rise of Sentient Robots Will Mean for Human Beings
Science fiction may have us worried about sentient robots, but it’s the mindless ones we need to be cautious of. Conscious machines may actually be our allies. → Read More
Inside the Juno Instrument Peering Deep Within Jupiter
A microwave radiometer aboard the Juno spacecraft at Jupiter could soon reveal where and how the giant planet formed → Read More
How Juno Will Peer Deep below Jupiter's Roiling Clouds
A microwave radiometer onboard the Juno spacecraft orbiting Jupiter could soon reveal where and how the giant planet formed → Read More
Juno's Waves Instrument Will Map Jupiter's Magnetic Field
Juno team member William Kurth offers an exclusive tour of the instruments the spacecraft will use to study Jupiter's intense magnetic waves. Produced with support from Explore Scientific → Read More
A mathematical BS detector can boost the wisdom of crowds – George Musser
Crowds aren’t as smart as we thought, since some people know more than others. A simple trick can find the ones you want → Read More
Juno Arrives at Jupiter
After a do-or-die engine burn, the second spacecraft ever to orbit Jupiter is preparing to revolutionize our view of the giant planet → Read More
Juno Arrives at Jupiter
After a do-or-die engine burn, the second spacecraft ever to orbit Jupiter is preparing to revolutionize our view of the giant planet → Read More
Spacecraft Juno Slows Down for its First Orbit of Jupiter
In this exclusive interview, the project manager of one of Juno's instruments explains how the spacecraft will slow down prior to its insertion into Jupiter's orbit. → Read More
Juno Faces Moment of Truth at Jupiter
Poised to enter Jovian orbit on July 4, the NASA spacecraft is set to probe the gas giant’s deepest mysteries → Read More
Could machines have become self-aware without our knowing it? — George Musser — Aeon Essays
Our machines could become self-aware without our knowing it. We need a better way to define and test for consciousness → Read More
Time Entanglement Raises Quantum Mysteries
Bizarre quantum bonds connect distinct moments in time, suggesting that quantum links — not space-time — constitute the fundamental structure of the universe. → Read More
How Einstein Revealed the Universe's Strange "Nonlocality"
Our sense of the universe as an orderly expanse where events happen in absolute locations is an illusion → Read More
What Einstein Really Thought about Quantum Mechanics
Einstein's assertion that God does not play dice with the universe has been misinterpreted → Read More