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You'll Read This Post If I Mention Michael Jackson
By WILLIAM OREM
See, I knew you would.

The late King of Pop is dominating the blogosphere this week, and probably well into the remaining summer. Radio, television, tweets, he’s all that. The Gloved One rules in death as he did in life.

So why...

Does God Know He Is God?
By WILLIAM OREM
A philosophical diversion (that connects to T.O.E.):

Let’s assume, for the purposes of argument, that there are such things as gods. In fact, let’s assume there is only one God, and that He has the traditionally ascribed attribute of having...

What if string theory is wrong? asks Moataz Emam
By ZEEYA MERALI
As physicists wrangle over whether string theory truly represents reality, FQXi invited Moataz Emam of Clark University to ponder over the fate of string theorists like himself, if string theory turns out to be wrong.

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Cosmic Origins
Is the Past Infinite?
By WILLIAM OREM
I interviewed some non-mainstream cosmologists last year for an article, such as those at the Alternative Cosmology Group who hosted the Crisis in Cosmology conference in Portugal in 2005. These are credible folks who think the Standard Model (the...

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An Exceptionally Simple FAQ
By A. GARRETT LISI
A new paper, "An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything", has attracted a great deal of interest, from both the scientific community and the general public. This forum comment thread will collect my short descriptions of this new theory, in...

High Energy Physics
Pieces of E8
By A. GARRETT LISI
There are very few moments in theoretical physics that qualify as... thrilling -- moments that send shivers of excitement down the spine and make the brain tingle. It's such an abstract pursuit, you wouldn't think the effects would be so visceral....

 

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Readers' Choice: End of the Quantum Road?
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Have we already found the ultimate theory of nature, without realizing it?
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Editor's Choice: The Rise of the Anti-Universe
By ANIL ANANTHASWAMY • Jun 20, 2009
How our youthful universe explored the string-theory multiverse in search of home, with help from its anti-universe counterpart. This early odyssey may explain why our cosmos is so well-suited for life.
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Readers' Choice: The Quantum Arrow of Time
By SOPHIE HEBDEN • Jun 6, 2009
Can Schrödinger's cat explain the origin of time and why we won't ever be able to turn back the clock and age backwards?
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The Holographic Universe
By ANIL ANANTHASWAMY • May 22, 2009
Take one universe. Turn it into a hologram. Find its quantum wavefunction. Understand the birth of our cosmos.
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Much Ado About Nothing
By BOB SWARUP • May 8, 2009
Does the vacuum regenerate itself to fill the gaps as spacetime is pulled apart? Could a growing vacuum explain dark energy?
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Measuring Up the Multiverse
By KATE BECKER • Apr 24, 2009
How (un)usual is our universe in the multiverse? Could it have been dreamt up by a disembodied, hallucinating quantum brain?
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The Many Lives of Hugh Everett III
By GRAEME STEMP-MORLOCK • Apr 10, 2009
Investigating the troubled genius behind parallel worlds.
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Out of the Darkness
By BOB SWARUP • Mar 27, 2009
Deciding the winner as dark matter, dark energy, and general relativity slug it out with rival theories.
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Editor's Choice: Quantum Upsizing
By GRAEME STEMP-MORLOCK • Mar 13, 2009
Pushing the quantum-classical limit by attempting to build the largest ever quantum object.
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Taming Infinity
By ANIL ANANTHASWAMY • Feb 27, 2009
The fight to save both general relativity and quantum mechanics—by defeating infinity.
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Readers' Choice: The Emperor's New Swindle
By JULIE REHMEYER • Feb 13, 2009
Quantum mechanics is the biggest con trick in physics—according to the collaboration striving to demystify it.
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The Curious Case of the Quantum Arrow of Time
By SOPHIE HEBDEN • Jan 30, 2009
Can Schrödinger's cat explain the origin of time?
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Through a Glass, Darkly
By ANIL ANANTHASWAMY • Jan 16, 2009
Illuminating the murky 10-D world of string theory requires some mind-bending 8-D math.
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Back to Mach
By KATE BECKER • Jan 2, 2009
Want a theory of quantum gravity? Then look to the man who inspired Einstein.
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