Culture & Religion — July 27, 2009

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A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: How does the Universe’s temperature change over time?

Today, the deepest depths of intergalactic space aren’t at absolute zero, but at a chill 2.73 K. How does that temperature change over time?

A map showing a proposed power transmission route from Darwin, Australia to Singapore, spanning 4,300 km, with sites for electricity supply, battery storage, and solar generation indicated along the route.

Strange Maps

World’s largest solar project will send Australian energy to Singapore

Australia’s AAPowerLink boasts three global superlatives: largest solar farm, largest battery, and longest power cable.

Starts With A Bang

Your head lives a longer life than your feet do

Time is relative, not absolute, as gravity and motion both cause time to dilate. Your head and feet, therefore, don’t age at the same rate.

A praying mantis, a marvel of evolution, is gracefully perched on a white orchid flower against a black background.

Life

Richard Dawkins on reverse engineering evolution’s optimal beauty

Some biologists believe natural selection produces animals that are just good enough. Dawkins disagrees.

Starts With A Bang

Why we’ll never shoot Earth’s garbage into the Sun

It would get rid of our hazardous, radioactive, and pollutive waste for good, but physics tells us it’s a losing strategy for elimination.

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