Standard Model Articles

September 7, 2016

We've been looking at how the continuum nature of spacetime poses problems for our favorite theories of physics --- problems with infinities.…

September 5, 2016

Combining electromagnetism with relativity and quantum mechanics led to QED. Last time we saw the immense struggles with the continuum this…

August 1, 2016

The LHC experiments are in full swing collecting data this year (more information in the forum), and a while ago the collaboration of the…

January 25, 2016

In this series, we're looking at mathematical problems that arise in physics due to treating spacetime as a continuum---basically, problems…