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Exploring the foundations of physics and cosmology with Zeeya Merali and Gabe Fitzpatrick, of the Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI, the physics think tank and funding agency.
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Join Julian’s new three-part FQxI masterclass, “Complexity in the Cosmos”, on QAcademy – where he radically rethinks gravity, the Big Bang and time.
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
GET FREE ACCESS: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
GET FREE ACCESS: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
In 2022 Karim Jerbi and Jordan O’Byrne proposed a brain–computer interface as a kind of “consciousness add-on” to help test Integrated Information Theory (IIT), an idea that's still under active investigation in neuroscience.
Read more: qspace.fqxi.org/articles/265...
Read more: qspace.fqxi.org/articles/265...
December 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In 2022 Karim Jerbi and Jordan O’Byrne proposed a brain–computer interface as a kind of “consciousness add-on” to help test Integrated Information Theory (IIT), an idea that's still under active investigation in neuroscience.
Read more: qspace.fqxi.org/articles/265...
Read more: qspace.fqxi.org/articles/265...
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Proud to be included in the top 10 most watched science talks of 2025 at The Royal Institution, at nr 5.
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@perimeterinstitute.ca @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @fqxi.org
Ri Wrapped 2025: our most-watched science talks
From artificial intelligence to the origins of the Universe, these are the Ri science talks that captivated millions in 2
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December 17, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Proud to be included in the top 10 most watched science talks of 2025 at The Royal Institution, at nr 5.
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@perimeterinstitute.ca @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @fqxi.org
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@perimeterinstitute.ca @wolfsonoxford.bsky.social @fqxi.org
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When a joke turns into a billion dollar industry.
The term "qubit" was born out of a joke between Ben Schumacher and Bill Wootters!
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December 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
When a joke turns into a billion dollar industry.
The term "qubit" was born out of a joke between Ben Schumacher and Bill Wootters!
@perimeterinstitute.ca
@perimeterinstitute.ca
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The term "qubit" was born out of a joke between Ben Schumacher and Bill Wootters!
@perimeterinstitute.ca
@perimeterinstitute.ca
Your brain uses 20 watts of power constantly. This is a massive reproductive fitness cost. Why can natural selection not reduce that cost?
December 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Your brain uses 20 watts of power constantly. This is a massive reproductive fitness cost. Why can natural selection not reduce that cost?
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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...
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...
December 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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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...
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...
Julian Barbour’s masterclass Complexity in the Cosmos is on QAcademy.
It's still free, for a limited time.
qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
It's still free, for a limited time.
qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
November 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Julian Barbour’s masterclass Complexity in the Cosmos is on QAcademy.
It's still free, for a limited time.
qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
It's still free, for a limited time.
qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Everything you see is complexity. But almost nobody explains what that actually means.
Julian Barbour does.
His new FQxI masterclass “Complexity in the Universe” is out now: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
Julian Barbour does.
His new FQxI masterclass “Complexity in the Universe” is out now: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
November 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Everything you see is complexity. But almost nobody explains what that actually means.
Julian Barbour does.
His new FQxI masterclass “Complexity in the Universe” is out now: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
Julian Barbour does.
His new FQxI masterclass “Complexity in the Universe” is out now: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
Julian Barbour thinks something is wrong with how we teach dynamics.
His new masterclass "Complexity in the Cosmos" is FREE for a limited time on QAcademy: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
His new masterclass "Complexity in the Cosmos" is FREE for a limited time on QAcademy: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Julian Barbour thinks something is wrong with how we teach dynamics.
His new masterclass "Complexity in the Cosmos" is FREE for a limited time on QAcademy: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
His new masterclass "Complexity in the Cosmos" is FREE for a limited time on QAcademy: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
Join Julian’s new three-part FQxI masterclass, “Complexity in the Cosmos”, on QAcademy – where he radically rethinks gravity, the Big Bang and time.
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
GET FREE ACCESS: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
GET FREE ACCESS: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
November 26, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Join Julian’s new three-part FQxI masterclass, “Complexity in the Cosmos”, on QAcademy – where he radically rethinks gravity, the Big Bang and time.
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
GET FREE ACCESS: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
Limited-time offer. Free access for three weeks. Offer ends 17th December 2025.
GET FREE ACCESS: qacademy.fqxi.org/offers/fkEBq...
After 50+ years studying consciousness, Robert Lawrence Kuhn discovered something strange:
The more we learn, the MORE theories we create. Not fewer.
FQxI Article: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165289/...
New Scientist Article: www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
The more we learn, the MORE theories we create. Not fewer.
FQxI Article: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165289/...
New Scientist Article: www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
November 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
After 50+ years studying consciousness, Robert Lawrence Kuhn discovered something strange:
The more we learn, the MORE theories we create. Not fewer.
FQxI Article: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165289/...
New Scientist Article: www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
The more we learn, the MORE theories we create. Not fewer.
FQxI Article: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165289/...
New Scientist Article: www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
The science journals Critical Care Medicine and Biology Open and the science platform Research Hub have been testing how paying reviewers affects the science publishing process. Reporter Geoff Marsh found out more.
Full podcast: qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/125
Full podcast: qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/125
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The science journals Critical Care Medicine and Biology Open and the science platform Research Hub have been testing how paying reviewers affects the science publishing process. Reporter Geoff Marsh found out more.
Full podcast: qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/125
Full podcast: qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/125
Two free quantum music concerts in Oxford with Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and @coecke.bsky.social, as part of the “What Quantum?” centenary events.
Admittance is free, but spaces are limited.
More information: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165314/...
Admittance is free, but spaces are limited.
More information: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165314/...
November 11, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Two free quantum music concerts in Oxford with Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and @coecke.bsky.social, as part of the “What Quantum?” centenary events.
Admittance is free, but spaces are limited.
More information: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165314/...
Admittance is free, but spaces are limited.
More information: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165314/...
We spoke to Hassan recently at @perimeterinstitute.ca, where he's working with @nafshordi.bsky.social to detect quantum echoes in #GravitationalWaves as a way to prove #QuantumGravity.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
We spoke to Hassan recently at @perimeterinstitute.ca, where he's working with @nafshordi.bsky.social to detect quantum echoes in #GravitationalWaves as a way to prove #QuantumGravity.
100 Years of Quantum ran at Perimeter Institute, Oct 20–24, 2025. It marked the centenary of modern quantum theory and linked history, philosophy and physics. Co-organizer Doreen Fraser (UWaterloo) tells us more. #IYQ2025 #100YearsOfQuantum @perimeterinstitute.ca
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
100 Years of Quantum ran at Perimeter Institute, Oct 20–24, 2025. It marked the centenary of modern quantum theory and linked history, philosophy and physics. Co-organizer Doreen Fraser (UWaterloo) tells us more. #IYQ2025 #100YearsOfQuantum @perimeterinstitute.ca
We are seeking a Program Coordinator to provide project-specific administrative management and support for the Foundational Answers project, along with other administrative duties as needed
Remote
Full-time
~$55,000 – $72,000 USD per year
fqxi.org/jobs-program...
Remote
Full-time
~$55,000 – $72,000 USD per year
fqxi.org/jobs-program...
November 4, 2025 at 5:44 PM
We are seeking a Program Coordinator to provide project-specific administrative management and support for the Foundational Answers project, along with other administrative duties as needed
Remote
Full-time
~$55,000 – $72,000 USD per year
fqxi.org/jobs-program...
Remote
Full-time
~$55,000 – $72,000 USD per year
fqxi.org/jobs-program...
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Looking for a postdoc in foundations of physics/cosmology/science? Come work with us at @fqxi.org on the Foundational Answers project
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Postdoctoral Research Associate - FQxI
FQxI is seeking Postdoctoral Research Associates for the Foundational Answers project. Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate Organization: Foundational Questions Institute (FQxI) Location: Remote...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Looking for a postdoc in foundations of physics/cosmology/science? Come work with us at @fqxi.org on the Foundational Answers project
fqxi.org/jobs-postdoc...
fqxi.org/jobs-postdoc...
This Halloween special edition of the FQxI podcast features Bernard Carr, who discusses primordial black holes, the notorious 1970s Enfield poltergeist case that Carr investigated, and more!
Listen to Part 1: qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/126...
Listen to Part 1: qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/126...
October 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This Halloween special edition of the FQxI podcast features Bernard Carr, who discusses primordial black holes, the notorious 1970s Enfield poltergeist case that Carr investigated, and more!
Listen to Part 1: qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/126...
Listen to Part 1: qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/126...
“The wave function is not a mere quantum hypothesis, it’s the stuff of the universe,” Says Alyssa Ney.
Congrats to Alyssa Ney on the APS Patrick Suppes Prize for The World in the Wave Function!
Congrats to Alyssa Ney on the APS Patrick Suppes Prize for The World in the Wave Function!
October 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“The wave function is not a mere quantum hypothesis, it’s the stuff of the universe,” Says Alyssa Ney.
Congrats to Alyssa Ney on the APS Patrick Suppes Prize for The World in the Wave Function!
Congrats to Alyssa Ney on the APS Patrick Suppes Prize for The World in the Wave Function!
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Postdoctoral Research Positions in the Foundations of physics.
fqxi.org/jobs-postdoctoral-research-associate/
We're looking for postdocs to work on the "Foundational Answers" program. Work with some brilliant, friendly people on a fun and exciting research project.
fqxi.org/jobs-postdoctoral-research-associate/
We're looking for postdocs to work on the "Foundational Answers" program. Work with some brilliant, friendly people on a fun and exciting research project.
Postdoctoral Research Associate - FQxI
FQxI is seeking Postdoctoral Research Associates for the Foundational Answers project. Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate Organization: Foundational Questions Institute (FQxI) Location: Remote...
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October 23, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Postdoctoral Research Positions in the Foundations of physics.
fqxi.org/jobs-postdoctoral-research-associate/
We're looking for postdocs to work on the "Foundational Answers" program. Work with some brilliant, friendly people on a fun and exciting research project.
fqxi.org/jobs-postdoctoral-research-associate/
We're looking for postdocs to work on the "Foundational Answers" program. Work with some brilliant, friendly people on a fun and exciting research project.
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Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
A few years ago, FQxI funded Adam Brown for Complexity, Black Holes, and Observers. The aim was to show that maybe the real barrier in the black-hole information puzzle is computational, not a breakdown of physics.
October 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A few years ago, FQxI funded Adam Brown for Complexity, Black Holes, and Observers. The aim was to show that maybe the real barrier in the black-hole information puzzle is computational, not a breakdown of physics.
FQxI's Leonard Susskind won the the "Galileo Galilei Medal" award. The prize is awarded once every two years to scientists who have massively advanced research in theoretical physics. Congrats Leonard!
READ MORE: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165311/...
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October 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
FQxI's Leonard Susskind won the the "Galileo Galilei Medal" award. The prize is awarded once every two years to scientists who have massively advanced research in theoretical physics. Congrats Leonard!
READ MORE: qspace.fqxi.org/news/165311/...
IMAGE 🔗 Lumidek
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Dark matter ≠ dark energy. Dark matter is an unseen mass we infer from gravity; dark energy labels an expansion that seems to speed up. In this clip from FQxI's latest podcast, Niayesh Afshordi talks about why the evidence behind each is different and why the story’s still being told.
October 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Dark matter ≠ dark energy. Dark matter is an unseen mass we infer from gravity; dark energy labels an expansion that seems to speed up. In this clip from FQxI's latest podcast, Niayesh Afshordi talks about why the evidence behind each is different and why the story’s still being told.