There are a wide variety of theoretical studies that call our Standard Model of cosmology into question. Here’s what they really mean.
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The solar system has some strange stuff in it. Learning how it ended up that way can tell us where we’re going.
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Atomic nuclei form in minutes. Atoms form in hundreds of thousands of years. But the “dark ages” rule thereafter, until stars finally form.
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Though ultimately incorrect, the ancient Greek philosophers blazed a conceptual trail for humankind to understand the nature of reality.
The biases that shape our understanding of the mind.
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Although the Big Bang occurred at an instant in time long ago, we still see the light from it. Will the evidence ever disappear completely?
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Whether they’re gas giants or rocky planets makes all the difference for life. Over the past 30 years, we went from not knowing if there were planets like ours around other […]
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Reductionism is a successful way to explain the universe, but it cannot replace experience. This is part of the mystery of life.
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The latest gravitational wave data from LIGO and Virgo finally shows us the truth: there are no “gaps” in the masses of black holes.
GPT-3, which features 175 billion parameters, just might fool you in a conversation.