Reality Is Making Stuff UP!

What The If? by What The If?

Mar 13, 202600:41:54Science & Medicine

Right now, billions of particles are popping in and out of existence in your pocket. That's not a metaphor — that's quantum mechanics. Inspired by a YouTube video from Anton Petrov about virtual particles turning into re...

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