What Everyone Should Know about the Universe on the eve of Planck
What Everyone Should Know about the Universe on the eve of Planck"Scientific discovery and scientific knowledge have been achieved only by those who have gone in pursuit of it without any practical...
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What The Entire Universe Is Made Of, Thanks to Planck!"Much later, when I discussed the problem with Einstein, he remarked that the introduction of the cosmological term was the biggest blunder he ever...
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The Far Future of our Solar System"No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now." -Alan Watts"They do not see what lies ahead, when Sun has faded and Moon is...
View ArticleThe Fundamental Constants Behind Our Universe
The Fundamental Constants Behind Our Universe"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply...
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Planck Result PerspectiveSimon White Director of Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik giving today's Physics Colloquium at ACP on the Planck ResultsLikely to be interesting, hence the...
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What does the Universe really look like?"On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise." -Paul...
View ArticleAsk Ethan #10: Why is the Universe the same everywhere?
Ask Ethan #10: Why is the Universe the same everywhere?"One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden...
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New Frontiers: the first two yearsA couple of years ago, the Templeton Foundation funded the New Frontiers program to pose "Big Questions" in some areas of science.This is a slow liveblog - part II...
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New Frontiers: the second dayDay two of the New Frontiers wrap-up conference. This is a slow liveblog with more cosmology and life in the universe. Yesterday's summary is hereA couple of years ago, the...
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