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FQxI @fqxi.org · 02/10/2026

In 2007, FQxI member Garrett Lisi offered $100 to anyone who could find three sign errors in his online physics notes. There were no takers until recently, when an AI agent emailed. He tells the story on QSpace News: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165333/...

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 29/09/2026

FQxI members Vlatko Vedral and Roger Penrose are among authors of an experiment that has made the first direct measurement of the quantum phase of a freely falling object.

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 26/09/2026

We've set a guest challenge at the Moth Hack: make something that teaches a general audience about quantum computing or quantum mechanics, using one of Moth's Atlas Engines. The winner gets a £150 voucher. Entries are open online until 2 October.

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 24/09/2026

Is gravity quantum? It's one of the big open questions in physics. The Bose-Marletto-Vedral experiment, proposed by Chiara Marletto, Vlatko Vedral and colleagues, would test whether gravity alone can entangle two tiny masses.

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 22/09/2026

You leave a cat alone with physicists for five minutes... New research puts gravity’s role in quantum decoherence to the test. qspace.fqxi.org/news/165329/...

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 18/09/2026

Is life really quantum? Gerard McCaul pushes back. Full interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xba...

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 14/09/2026

With recent AI safety concerns making headlines, Susan Schneider’s interview with The Sun feels especially timely: could AI become conscious? Read more: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165327/...

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 07/09/2026

A physicist explains what an infinite universe means.

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 04/09/2026

What happens if the universe is infinite? A quick thought experiment with physicist Anthony Aguirre.

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 01/09/2026

Science needs people who can afford to be wrong. Yet we seem to have built a career ladder that removes them. [VISUAL THREAD]

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 25/08/2026

@nafshordi.bsky.social and Phil Halper surveyed 1,675 physicists on ten of the big unanswered questions. Ghazal Geshnizjani and @seanmcarroll.bsky.social joined them to go through the results.

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 21/08/2026

Jordan Scharnhorst is one of our new FQxI Fellows. He’s joining us for Foundational Answers, a programme taking stock of progress on 10 major topics in foundational science and identifying the questions still open. A part of that work is adversarial collaboration. Jordan explains what that means.

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 11/08/2026

There’s a total solar eclipse on August 12! The Sun will be completely covered in Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia and parts of Spain, with a partial eclipse visible across a much wider area. It’s also the day of a six-planet morning lineup and the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. VIA: NASA

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 07/08/2026

Some physicists believe that the future can influence the past. For someone hearing that for the first time... it sounds pretty crazy. We spoke briefly to Matthew Leifer about how that can possibly be true!

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 04/08/2026

Complete the universe...

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 30/07/2026

1/4 How do you escape the "parallel universe of fake papers?" @nicolakimjones.bsky.social spoke with Ilka Agricola, chair of the IMU's committee on publishing and a physicist and mathematician at the University of Marburg, in Germany. Full story: qspace.fqxi.org/articles/281...

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 27/07/2026

Meet our new Foundational Fellows: Jordan Scharnhost, Caroline Jones, Nuriya Nurgalieva, Lucy James, Jennifer Rittenhouse, Joseph Schindler

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 23/07/2026

A corridor chat with Chris Smeenk, professor at @westernu.ca, about correcting common misunderstandings about the Big Bang and the early universe. Chris' research centres around the scientific method and the nature of our knowledge of physics.

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 20/07/2026

A word from our cofounder Anthony Aguirre on the Foundational Answers Workshop at Broughton Hall, the launch of a new FQxI program exploring what 20 years of asking the big questions in physics and cosmology have actually taught us. Keep your eyes peeled for more soon!

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FQxI @fqxi.org · 17/07/2026

The levels in this horror game are generated on a real quantum computer. We asked Moth's chief scientist, @decodoku.bsky.social, how that works. Find out how it works: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165325/...

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