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FQxI is a nonprofit institution supporting risk-taking research on foundational questions in science
EXPLORING THE FOUNDATIONS AND BOUNDARIES OF PHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY -- FQXi catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.
This game runs on a quantum computer! It’s a nod to the Backrooms internet aesthetic, popularised by online communities.
PLAY: https://mothquantum.com/quantumbackrooms
Joshua Deutsch on why FQxI helps make space for fundamental questions that don’t fit the usual funding priorities.
05/21/2026
Nicola Jones spoke to arXiv's steward Greg Morrisett on why arXiv is becoming an independent non-profit after 35 years, and how it aims to tackle AI slop.
Full article on QSpace: https://qspace.fqxi.org/articles/285/arxiv-grows-up
Gabriela Frajtag is twenty years old and recently graduated from Ilum School of Science in Brazil. She's also a winner of FQxI's "How Quantum is Life?" essay competition, a global, anonymously judged contest with a $53,000 prize pool, where she took home the Undergraduate Special Prize.
This is one segment from a longer episode featuring five prize winners from the competition.
Listen to the full podcast episode here: https://qspace.fqxi.org/podcasts/129/2026.05.13
Watch Gabriela's video chat here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN9UcRSmQHk&feature=youtu.be
Read Gabriela's essay here: https://qspace.fqxi.org/competitions/entry/2391
05/11/2026
Why did a US$3-million-winning result leave one physicist feeling like Peanut’s character Charlie Brown, scuppered from kicking the football at the last second by his friend Lucy?
FQxI News: Muon g-2 Experiments Win US$3-million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics The Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of science, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.
05/06/2026
Four FQxI members have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, joining the 2026 class alongside the likes of Jodie Foster, Rita Moreno, and Sundar Pichai.
Congratulations to Raphael Bousso, Hiranya Peiris, Doris Tsao, and James Owen Weatherall.
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FQxI News: Four FQxI Members Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences The Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI, catalyzes, supports, and disseminates research on questions at the foundations of science, particularly new frontiers and innovative ideas integral to a deep understanding of reality, but unlikely to be supported by conventional funding sources.
05/02/2026
Funding agencies, AI, and even scientists themselves favor tried-and-tested research avenues over exploring new ideas, to the detriment of progress.
Full piece by George Musser → https://qspace.fqxi.org/articles/284/risky-business-how-science-plays-things-too-safe
Featuring: Carl Bergstrom, C. Brandon Ogbunu and Dashun Wang
Industrial electronics and classical piano on the same stage at the Holywell Music Room, one of the oldest concert venues in Europe.
Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin, Bob Coecke and Bruce Warner closed out the Oxford Quantum Centenary Conference.
https://qspace.fqxi.org/videos/566/industrial-classical-music-by-rakhat-bi-abdyssagin-bob-coecke-bruce-warner
Bill Wootters on quantum teleportation.
Happy World Quantum Day! April 14th — for the date in Planck's constant, h ≈ 4.14 × 10⁻¹⁵ eV·s.
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