“The more the Universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless,”  Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg writes in the final chapter of his book, The First Three Minutes. Given that Weinberg himself devoted much of his life towards unifying the universal forces and possibly deriving the Theory of Everything (TOE), this quote seems, at first, to disparage the pursuit for the TOE. However, in truth, Weinberg’s assertion serves as a warning, indicating that past its material and physical importance for the innovations it can foster, the TOE search only truly retains significance on a metaphysical level through stirring provocation.  

The immense importance yet critical lack of a conclusive theory for dark matter has made the concept a significant point of consideration in modern discussions on our understanding of the universe. Through the aid of empirical evidence, the potential theories for dark matter have been, and can be further, critically assessed to enhance the communal approach to deciphering the dark matter phenomena.

As the modern world braces for a quantum revolution, the role that entanglement plays in our lives grows increasingly significant. It is the weirdness, counter-intuition and, as Einstein believed, apparent impossibilities of entanglement that power these revelatory developments.

In the past week, the 2023 Nobel Prizes have been announced and The achievements across the laureates range from the discovery of “quantum dots” to the advocacy of human rights in Islamic culture.

The recent muon experiment results from Fermilab have threatened to throw a spanner into the works of modern particle physics as they defy the fundamental Standard Model.

The LK-99 compound shook the world after its superconductive nature was publicised by Korea University scientists, suggesting an imminent revolution to the world of science. That is, if the results were accurate.