Vol. II · No. 207
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Sunday, July 26, 2026
168 writers in the library
Physics, cosmology, and the nature of reality
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Science.

Physics, cosmology, and the nature of reality.

Lately on the shelf

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Quantum Mechanics Explained FROM SCRATCH

A comprehensive lecture by Tim Maudlin

Missing millions

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Emily Adlam & David Wallace: The Quantum Interpretation That Divides Physicists

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More than a quarter of rural households have no separate kitchen

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Interpreting the Odyssey

(Spoiler Warning)

The Standard Model Lagrangian Explained

Term by term, as simply as possible

The Quantum Interpretation That Divides Physicists

What exactly is the wave function?

East meets West

The first encounter between Japan and Europeans

The eldritch things famous rationalists believed, doubted, and took seriously

God, spirit, telepathy, purpose, free will, and the limits of physics

Formally stuck

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How India's GDP adds up, and what has changed

The measurement of India's GDP, and changes to the methodology in 2026, have been widely discussed globally. In this piece we lay out how India's GDP is calculated, and enumerate the recent changes and their implications.

Ginestra Bianconi: The Physicist Who (Unexpectedly) Derived Gravity From Entropy

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The choice of baseline affects how we see warming

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The Physicist Who (Unexpectedly) Derived Gravity From Entropy

In-depth interview with Ginestra Bianconi

Curt Jaimungal: Reality Is Bloody Terrifying

What does it mean to investigate the "nature of reality"?

Death, on average

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Graduates in India

A growing share of adult Indians now have an undergraduate degree. In this article, we examine what India's undergraduates are studying, where they graduate from, and how this compares with other countries.

This is a strange post

Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent

Philip Mannheim: The Story of Conformal Gravity

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XKDR Newsletter - Issue 51

• Household credit • Chinks in market efficiency • AI strategy for India • A public goods pivot for Karnataka • New Big Ideas episodes, the upcoming EMC & more

Women's absence from India's workforce is most evident in their 20s

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The Story of Conformal Gravity

Philip Mannheim's first podcast ever...

What Are The Octonions, Exactly?

A super gentle introduction to normed division algebras...

The Black Death is far older than we thought (again)

New findings have changed the story once again

Introducing Data Bytes: One chart about India every week

Our new weekly format brings Data For India’s research depth to smaller, sharper questions about India, one chart at a time.

India's dependency ratio will soon rise for the first time in 70 years

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The usage of tobacco is much higher in India's central and eastern states

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Five states contribute to 96% of court cases older than 20 years

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Curt Jaimungal: What is Existence, Exactly?

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Poverty of thought

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