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String theory is one step closer to uniting two fundamental elements of physics
- davidgerard 12y agoBecause Business Insider is definitely the place to go for hard physics news. Here's the actual article, from last month: https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150218-string-theory-only-game-in-town/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/20150218-string-theory-only-g... The actual headline: "In Fake Universes, Evidence for String Theory" The actual pull quote, which accurately summarises the article: "Researchers are demonstrating that, in certain contexts, string theory is the only consistent theory of quantum gravity. Might this make it true? In certain universes with a fisheye geometry known as anti-de Sitter space, string theory has been shown to provide the only consistent way to reconcile gravity and quantum mechanics."