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We’re Living in a Cosmic Dream
World + People
Outer Space

We’re Living in a Cosmic Dream

According to a recent theory in quantum mechanics, the universe is one big simulation – just like in “The Matrix”. Will you take the red or blue pill?
Paul Ratner
Parallel Rainbows
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Nature

Parallel Rainbows

Human visual perception blesses us with only a glimpse of the light spectrum – for many animals, the colour world is a true sight to behold.
Szymon Drobniak
‘Time Is Elastic’: Why Time Passes Faster Atop a Mountain Than At Sea Level
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Science

‘Time Is Elastic’: Why Time Passes Faster Atop a Mountain Than At Sea Level

The idea of 'absolute time' is an illusion. Physics and subjective experience reveal why.
Stephen Johnson
Scientists Find the “Magic Number” That Links Forces of the Universe
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Science

Scientists Find the “Magic Number” That Links Forces of the Universe

Researchers dramatically improve the accuracy of a number that connects fundamental forces.
Paul Ratner
The Universe Keeps Dying and Being Reborn, Claims Nobel Prize Winner
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Outer Space, Science

The Universe Keeps Dying and Being Reborn, Claims Nobel Prize Winner

Sir Roger Penrose claims our universe has been through multiple Big Bangs, with more coming.
Paul Ratner
Paradox-free Time Travel Is ‘Logically’ Possible, Say Physicists
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Science

Paradox-free Time Travel Is ‘Logically’ Possible, Say Physicists

Grandfathers, take heart. You'll survive the paradox that's been gunning for you since the 1930s.
Kevin Dickinson
The Basis of the Universe May not Be Energy or Matter but Information
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Science

The Basis of the Universe May not Be Energy or Matter but Information

For centuries, people have wondered what the universe is really made of. According to some radical scientists, information data are at the root of all that exists.
Philip Perry
What Holds Us Here
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Outer Space, Science

What Holds Us Here

Gravity doesn’t only dictate the trajectory of inanimate objects – without it, it would be impossible for human, animal and plant life to exist.
Mikołaj Golachowski
Hues of Our Own
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Science

Hues of Our Own

A biologist explains how we perceive colour – and how those perceptions can be unique to each of us.
Szymon Drobniak
Chain Reaction
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Science

Chain Reaction

In the interwar period of the 20th century, a group of European physicists came together to develop the seemingly-impossible atomic energy. Not all of them were pleased with the result.
Andrzej Krajewski