10 Biggest Questions in Science

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3. Can we find a unified theory of physics?

We have two theories that explain every other physical phenomenon; Einstein’s theory of gravity and quantum mechanics. But these theories explain the world in such vastly different terms that scientists are scrambling for a new theory. String theory and loop quantum gravity have its own proponents but there are still questions to be answered and a unifying theory is still missing.

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