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The Universe

About Death, II

Roger S. Gottlieb | Posted 03.22.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Spirituality, Death, The Universe, Thinking About Death, Thoughts on Death, Death & Dying, Reflecting, Reflection, Healthy Living News
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.

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We Got High With NASA At SXSW

Emily Thomas | Posted 03.13.2013 | Weird News
Read More: Heard-Entertainment, Sxsw Party, Nasa, Video, Outerspace, Rioux, Sxsw 2013, French-Horn-Rebellion, NASA Projections, Weird Photos & Videos, The Universe, Shinobi Ninja, Tim Gunter, Weird News 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...

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What Is The Color Of The Universe?

Mario Livio | Posted 04.24.2013 | TED Weekends
Read More: Honor Harger, Astronomy, Light, Color of the Universe, Space, Tedtalks, Redshift, The Universe, Cosmic Tunes: You Can Hear the Universe, Universe Color, TED Weekends News
Mario Livio

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

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The Day The Universe Spoke To Me

Ann Brenoff | Posted 03.24.2013 | Fifty
Read More: New Age, The Universe, Cosmic, The Universe Calls, Karma, Life in the '60s, post50, Shirley MacLaine, The-Universe-Speaks, Fifty News
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.

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Why 'A Universe From Nothing' Should Mean Everything

Rebecca Searles | Posted 10.24.2012 | Science
Read More: Lawrence Krauss, Lawrence Krauss Universe, The Universe, Existence, A Universe From Nothing, Universe Origins, Science News
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.

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Science: A Call for Humility

Russell Stannard | Posted 08.05.2012 | Science
Read More: Stephen Hawking, Stephen Hawking M-Theory, M-Theory, Stephen Hawking the Grand Design, God and Creation, Universe Creation, The Universe, God and the Universe, Creation of the World, Creationism, Science News
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.

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Straight Answers On The 'God Particle'

Posted 01.05.2012 | Science
Read More: God Particle, Boson, Peter Higgs, Higgs Exist, Higgs Doesn't Exist, Cern, Higgs Boson Applications, Physics, Particle Accelerator, Higgs Boson, Higgs Boson God, Subatomic Particles, The Universe, Particle Physics, Science Media, Science News

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...

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The Universe Takes on Sexual Abuse

Trish Kinney | Posted 01.21.2012 | Sports
Read More: Protecting Children, Catholic Church Sex Abuse, Jerry Sandusky, Sexual Abuse, Joe Paterno, The Universe, The Ed Show, David Keith, Penn State Sex Scandal, Penn State, Penn State Scandal, Sports News
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...

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Will We Ever Figure It Out?

Seth Shostak | Posted 10.22.2011 | Technology
Read More: Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, The Universe, Universe, Technology News
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.

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Sears Vs. Willis: Whose Sculpture Is It?

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Illinois, Willis Tower, The Universe, Alexander Calder, Sears Tower, Chicago, Chicago News

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...

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Why Do We Exist? Experiments Hold the Answer

Robert Lanza, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Time, Existence, Henry David Thoreau, Space, Human Existance, Science, Reality, The Universe, The Inner Life, Biocentrism, Albert Einstein, Quantum Physics, Healthy Living News
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.

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