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‘Learning about physics changed my life’: author Hernan Diaz on his new novel Ply

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Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03057-4 The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.

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Why it matters: Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Nature, Published online: 02 October 2026; doi:10. 1038/d41586-026-03057-4 The Pulitzer-Prize-winning author joins us to talk about his time visiting CERN and communicating quantum physics in fiction.

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