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BREAKING NEWS
Happy independence day!
Jul 4, 2008
Happy 4th to our U.S. readers. To others, don't feel bad - independence is great, but collaboration is also fun: see this week's article on the work by John Barrett and Louis Crane
A Different End?
Jun 13, 2008
FQXi Members Fred Adams and Greg Laughlin, the collaborative team at the heart of this week's article, will have to account for dark energy, as discussed in this New York Times article, in the next version of their book, The Five Ages of the Universe.
Happy Birthday FQXi Community Page!
May 30, 2008
One year ago, FQXi launched this Com- munity website to share our excitement about physics and cos- mology with you! In that year, we have been astonished by the terr- ific reaction we have received, and so with your support, today we begin our second year with great new articles on Collaborations.
The first article, by sci- ence writer and blogger Kate Becker, smashes the myth of the "lone genius" and shows us that a hallmark of modern science is the collaboration. True, Fotini Markopoulou was recently named by Discover as a potent- ial new Einstein, but her collaborations have been pretty fruitful too.
As have ours. So, as we plan a summer of new Community feat- ures, we would like to hear your thoughts. Please submit your constructive suggest- ions on how we might improve.
And, on behalf of the FQXi family, I would like to thank every writer and blogger, every scientist and reader, who has, or will, colla- borate with us to make our Community page such a wild success. Have some cake on us!
Kirsten A. Hubbard, FQXi Community Editor
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NEW IN BLOGS
Bang / Crunch / Bang
By WILLIAM OREM
I was contacted recently by Peter Lynds, the young physics iconoclast who turned some heads back in 2003 with a paper purporting correctly to resolve Zeno's paradox by defining time as having no quantized base unit, even in principle. (Ful...
An Exceptionally Simple Personal FAQ
By A. GARRETT LISI
Over the past month I have been asked many questions about my personal history and opinions on life, the universe, and everything. I have also received many emails of encouragement from the general public, which have been wonderful and completely ...
FORUM UPDATES
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....
High Energy Physics
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 res...
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Two for the Road
By MARC KAUFMAN • Jul 4, 2008
Two hardy souls work their way through the mathematical thicket of a new model of quantum gravity.
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Predicting The End
By GOVERT SCHILLING • Jun 13, 2008
How does the universe end? One collaboration works
to find out. The answer may be in the stars.
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A Blackboard at Brunch
By KATE BECKER • May 30, 2008
In the quest for quantum gravity, one collaboration
uses findings from condensed matter physics to take
a fresh look at the geometry of space. Is there any?
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Editor's Choice: The Cosmic Puzzle
By KATE BECKER • May 22, 2008
What is Dark Energy? Are we in a true vacuum
or a false vacuum? Are early inflation and late
inflation related?
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Readers' Choice: High Fidelity
By THE FQXI EDITORS • May 16, 2008
Is nature fundamentally analog or digital
(continuous or discrete)?
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Editor's Choice: Wigner’s Gift Horse
By JULIE REHMEYER • May 9, 2008
Is nature completely mathematical?
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