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The Universe

About Death, II

Roger S. Gottlieb | Posted 03.22.2013 | Healthy Living
Roger S. Gottlieb

Scared of death? Sure I am, I'm no hero and I'll probably fight against the dying of the light like anyone else. But ultimately, if I have an ultimately, I'm just damn glad I got to be here. And damn grateful to everyone (and I mean that in absolutely the widest sense) who made it possible.

We Got High With NASA At SXSW

Emily Thomas | Posted 03.13.2013 | Weird News

We left our mark on Texas. From NASA's trippy Hubble Telescope projections to the beats of psychedelic electronic artist, RIOUX, our first ever Hu...

What Is The Color Of The Universe?

Mario Livio | Posted 04.24.2013 | TED Weekends
Mario Livio

2013-01-18-TEDplayvideoSeveral people proposed names for the color and the one that stuck was "Cosmic Latte."

The Day The Universe Spoke To Me

Ann Brenoff | Posted 03.24.2013 | Fifty
Ann Brenoff

Sometimes the universe speaks to me. The problem is, I don't always know what it's saying. But on one recent Sunday, it roared in my ear and I got the message loud and clear. Shirley MacLaine would be proud.

Why 'A Universe From Nothing' Should Mean Everything

Rebecca Searles | Posted 10.24.2012 | Science
Rebecca Searles

Just think: Right now, you are the universe reflecting on itself (it doesn't get much more meta than that). To choose to see that as "nothing" would be the biggest travesty of all.

Science: A Call for Humility

Russell Stannard | Posted 08.05.2012 | Science
Russell Stannard

All we can realistically do is achieve whatever knowledge is open to us to understand. This might well fall short of the expectations of my more optimistic fellow scientists. I think a little humility is in order.

Straight Answers On The 'God Particle'

Posted 01.05.2012 | Science

With all the media coverage of CERN's search for the Higgs Boson—sometimes called the 'God Particle'—it's hard to know what's really at stake. Are...

The Universe Takes on Sexual Abuse

Trish Kinney | Posted 01.21.2012 | Sports
Trish Kinney

The moment I realized that the Penn State scandal was breaking, and breaking big, I knew that the universe had taken over. My prayers had been answer...

Will We Ever Figure It Out?

Seth Shostak | Posted 10.22.2011 | Technology
Seth Shostak

While, it's chic to say that the human brain is the most complex thing in the universe -- perhaps the complexity of the universe could be too subtle for a three-pound brain to decipher. Ever.

Sears Vs. Willis: Whose Sculpture Is It?

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

CHICAGO — Sears may have moved out of its tower in downtown Chicago, but the company now wants to buy back a motorized sculpture in the building...

Why Do We Exist? Experiments Hold the Answer

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Robert Lanza, M.D.

We scientists have looked at the world for so long that we no longer challenge its reality. Here is the Universe: our sense organs perceive atoms and galaxies to some 14 billion light-years.