String theory may limit space brain threat
Hypothetical conscious entities that randomly pop into existence may undermine our view of the universe – string theory may banish these Boltzmann ...
In recent years there have been many claims made for “evidence” of a multiverse, supposedly found in the CMB data (see for example here).
The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics is hosting the third annual String-Math Conference 2013 June 17 to June 21. The Conference brings together ...
A physicist argues that time is the only constant. Gillian Tett reviews ‘Time Reborn’, by Lee Smolin
A hit series, a cultural elitist and a comeuppance.
All the latest stories on newscientist.com, including: how genes shape food preferences, first interview with a dead man, space brain threat, and ...
The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos. By Neil Turok. House of Anansi Press; 292 pages; C$19.95. Faber and Faber; £17.99.
There’s a new philosophy of science book out, Richard Dawid’s String Theory and the Scientific Method (available online here if your institution is ...
Lisa Randall is telling me she may have a clue to the next great mystery in cosmology. We are having lunch in a restaurant at the Charles Hotel, not ...
On Monday, David Corfield and Kobi Kremnitzer gave philosophy talks in a snazzy new building at Oxford: Kobi Kremnitzer, What is geometry?, 2-4pm.