{"id":247173,"date":"2026-11-12T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/the-next-einstein-says-physics-is-due-for-a-reckoning-sabrina-pasterski"},"modified":"2026-11-12T11:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T17:11:48","slug":"the-next-einstein-says-physics-is-due-for-a-reckoning-sabrina-pasterski","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/the-next-einstein-says-physics-is-due-for-a-reckoning-sabrina-pasterski","title":{"rendered":"The \u201cNext Einstein\u201d Says Physics Is Due for a Reckoning | Sabrina Pasterski"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><iframe title=\"The \u201cNext Einstein\u201d Says Physics Is Due for a Reckoning | Sabrina Pasterski\" style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0Mbh0uhVTIU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Do we live in a hologram? It sounds bizzare, but we talk to physicist Sabrina Pasterski, who is leading research into celestial holography. She is reducing the entire 4D universe onto a flat surface in an attempt to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. If it works, we may finally have a complete understanding of how gravity works.<\/p>\n<p>Pasterski\u2019s impressive credentials have seen her dubbed a child genius and the next Albert Einstein, but what does she make of these labels and what are the challenges at the cutting edge of theoretical physics? In this wide-ranging conversation, Pasterski takes us deep into the theory, discusses how celestial holography could marry up to observations made in the night sky and the conundrum AI poses in pushing theoretical physics forward.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce9 Get stories like this every Saturday in The Weekly, New Scientist\u2019s free newsletter: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/TheWeeklyNewsletter\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/TheWeeklyNewsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more \u27a4 \u2022 Something Is Hiding Beneath What We Call R\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2764\ufe0f Love New Scientist? For a specially discounted New Scientist digital subscription, go to <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OFhwvL\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/3OFhwvL<\/a><br \/> \u2b50\ufe0f We have a podcast, too: Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheWorldTheUniverseAndUs\">@TheWorldTheUniverseAndUs<\/a>.<br \/> \ud83d\udecd\ufe0f Check out our shop for the smartest gifts \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.newscientist.com\/\">https:\/\/shop.newscientist.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE FROM NEW SCIENTIST<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/the-next-einstein-says-physics-is-due-for-a-reckoning-sabrina-pasterski\">Continue reading \u201cThe \u201cNext Einstein\u201d Says Physics Is Due for a Reckoning | Sabrina Pasterski\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do we live in a hologram? It sounds bizzare, but we talk to physicist Sabrina Pasterski, who is leading research into celestial holography. She is reducing the entire 4D universe onto a flat surface in an attempt to unify general relativity and quantum mechanics. If it works, we may finally have a complete understanding of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1527,1923,1617,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-247173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alien-life","category-holograms","category-quantum-physics","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}