Philosophy of Cosmology
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Closer To Truth
Topics: Big Bang Cosmic Inflation Meaning Multiverse Universe
‘Einstein’s Biggest Blunder’ May Have Finally Been Fixed
The cosmological constant has plagued physicists for more than a century.
Live Science
Topics: Dark Energy Gravity Multiverse Relativity Universe
‘Cosmological Koans’ Review: Matter and Mystics
Eastern philosophies can have an uncanny congruence with cutting-edge physics.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Anthony Aguirre Cosmic Origins Multiverse Nature of Time Quantum Mechanics Reality Universe
Quantum Monism Could Save the Soul of Physics
The multiverse may be an artifact of a deeper reality that is comprehensible and unique.
Scientific American
Topics: Entanglement Multiverse Quantum Mechanics Reality Universe
Thinking Really Big
UC Santa Cruz Magazine
Topics: Anthony Aguirre Cosmic Inflation Cosmic Origins Multiverse Reality Technology Universe
What’s the Reality Behind Multiverses and Alternate Realities?
What makes the idea of the multiverse special is that it’s unique among sci-fi tropes in its acceptance from the general population and some factions of the scientific community as a potentially factual reality. But is that confidence deserved?
Syfy Wire
Topics: Cosmic Inflation Multiverse String Theory
Philosophy Has Made Plenty of Progress
Philosopher Tim Maudlin sees advances in free will, morality, and the meaning of quantum mechanics.
Cross-Check, Scientific American
Topics: Consciousness Ethics Free Will Multiverse Quantum Mechanics
The Fourth Copernican Revolution
Is our universe one island in an archipelago?
Nautilus
Topics: Big Bang Martin Rees Multiverse Universe
What Is Nothing? Martin Rees Q&A
From a mysterious energy of empty space to parallel universes, cosmology’s view of ‘nothing’ is anything but boring.
The Conversation
Topics: Dark Energy Martin Rees Multiverse String Theory Universe
String Theory May Create Far Fewer Universes Than Thought
Some physicists claim the popular landscape of universes in string theory may not exist.
Topics: Dark Energy Multiverse String Theory Universe
Parallel Universes Could Be Hospitable to Life, Scientists Say
New research conducted by scientists from Durham University, Western Sydney University, and the University of Western Australia has demonstrated that other universes may in fact harbor the conditions to support life — if they exist.
Newsweek
Topics: Dark Energy Extraterrestrial Life Multiverse
Stephen Hawking’s (Almost) Last Paper: Putting an End to the Beginning of the Universe
In his last paper on cosmology, Stephen Hawking and a younger colleague attacked cosmic inflation and its discontents.
Science
Topics: Big Bang Cosmic Inflation Cosmic Origins Multiverse Stephen Hawking Universe
Making Sense of Many Universes
Q&A with theoretical physicist John Donoghue.
Knowable Magazine
Topics: Multiverse
Why Earth’s History Appears So Miraculous
The strange, cosmic reason our evolutionary path will look ever luckier the longer we survive.
The Atlantic
Topics: Anthony Aguirre Bias Multiverse Quantum Mechanics Universe
Cosmic Thinker Worries About Ends of Science and Humanity
Cosmologist Martin Rees holds forth on multiverses, biothreats, AI, utopia, God, and “posthuman” science.
Topics: Limits of Science Martin Rees Multiverse Technology
Universes With No Weak Force Might Still Have Stars and Life
An alternate cosmos could do without one of the fundamental forces, physicists say.
Science News
Scientific Theory and the Multiverse Madness
An increasing number of theoretical physicists think that our universe is only one among infinitely many — but this speculation is not based on sound logic, says Sabine Hossenfelder.
13.7: Cosmos & Culture
Topics: Multiverse Universe
The Case for Cosmic Pantheism
In multiverse cosmologies, we find a creative principle that is the ever-evolving universe itself. This sort of theology, which identifies God with the physical universe, is a position historically known as pantheism.
Martin Rees on Speculative Physics
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees on the size of the physical universe, reconciling the physics of the very small with the physics of the very large, and more.
Big Questions Online
Topics: Big Bang Martin Rees Multiverse String Theory Universe
Multiverse – Where Do We Go from Here?
What is the latest on the theory of the multiverse? A new interview series asks world-famous physicists.
Topics: Cosmic Inflation Multiverse
Pondering the Imponderables: The Biggest Questions of Cosmology
Physicists and cosmologists are closing in on how the universe operates at its very core. But even with powerful telescopes and particle accelerators pushed nearly to their limits, experimenters struggle to keep up as theoreticians march forward, leaving grand theories untested.
World Science Festival
Topics: Alan Guth Andrei Linde Cosmic Inflation Infinity Multiverse String Theory Universe
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