A maverick physicist is building a case for scrapping quantum gravity
Gravity might be classical, not quantum, physicist Jonathan Oppenheim suggests
![An artistic representation of an experiment resulting in an interference pattern of light and dark circles.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/120623_ec_quantum-gravity_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Scientists are developing a theory of gravity that describes spacetime in a classical, or non-quantum, way, yet preserves known quantum effects, such as interference patterns (represented by the striped circle at right) observed in certain experiments.
Isaac Young