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Professor of Physics and Astronomy | Dartmouth College
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After 10 Years, 'An Inconvenient Truth' Is Still Inconvenient

It's clear global warming is gradually changing our planet's climate and landscapes: The pace may not be exactly mirrored by predictions, but to expect that would be unrealistic.
May 17, 2016

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'Unity': Are We There Yet?

The upcoming documentary Unity is a wake-up call to humanity on the moral duty to respect the diversity of life, which is born from the same seed.
August 11, 2015

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PostedAugust 10, 2015
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Tagsmorality, unity, big bang, moral duty, life, human

Pluto Encounter Is a Legacy of Our Generation

Marcelo wonders what the children watching the flyby will accomplish as they join the ranks of future space explorers. The probes have been there; perhaps now it is our turn.
July 28, 2015
 

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PostedJuly 28, 2015
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Tagspluto, hubble, HST, NASA, new horizons, space exploration

Einstein's Universe Turns 100

Einstein's greatest lesson may be that reality is not what it seems; what we perceive as real is a distortion due to how our brains take in the world around, and within, us.
April 29, 2015

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PostedApril 27, 2015
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Tagsrelativity, gravity, albert einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, science, space, universe

Van Gogh's Turbulent Mind Captured Turbulence

The painter's creations during his blue period mirrored nature's turbulent flows, as if his mind somehow tapped into a universal archetype.
April 15, 2015

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PostedApril 14, 2015
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Tagsvan gogh, turbulence flows, fluid turbulence, nasa

Should You Trust That New Medical Study?

The majority of individual medical studies tend to be either premature or badly formulated, so it's best to be patient and wait for the truth to become evident.
April 8, 2015

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PostedApril 13, 2015
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Tagsmedical studies, news, sciecne, naomi oreskes

Take A Shorter Shower — It's World Water Day

Leaving politics aside, it is clear that water usage and waste are central issues of our time and we may all do well by finding ways to cut down.
March 22, 2015

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PostedMarch 23, 2015
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Tagswater, resources, world water day

Space, Time, Love and Stephen Hawking

The Theory of Everything celebrates the spirit of a man who has fought for all of his adult life to uncover the mystery of time.
December 23, 2014

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PostedJanuary 5, 2015
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Tagsbig bang, quantum physics, black holes, theory of everything, stephen hawking

The Challenge of Betting on a Scientific Idea

In taking sides for or against a theory, scientists place their faith on an idea. Marcelo asks what happens when the idea can't be tested or validated. Is it still science?
September 17, 2014

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PostedSeptember 17, 2014
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Tagskip thorne, large hadron collider, supersymmetry, black holes, higgs boson, stephen hawking

Listening To The Echoes Of Creation

Scientists last week revealed evidence of gravitational waves from the very beginning of the universe. Are we closer to understanding creation itself?
April 9, 2014 

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PostedApril 11, 2014
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Tagsbicep, big-bang, cosmology, universe
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Happy Mother’s Day! For all biological mothers and the mother of us all 🌍
My Twitter post on ChatGPT went viral…I hope fascination means more ethical care on how AI is trained
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Flying low over clouds and myst… Happy Mother’s Day! For all biological mothers and the mother of us all 🌍 My Twitter post on ChatGPT went viral…I hope fascination means more ethical care on how AI is trained

Recent Activities

Recent Activities
Why We Are the Only Humans in the Universe and Why It Matters to Our Collective Future

Marcelo was a presenter at Nature, Earth and Humanity: The Evolution of Connection, an international forum on consciousness.

Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement

Marcelo was director of The Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Engagement at Dartmouth (ICE) — a nucleus of intellectual and spiritual transformation, a bridge between the sciences and the humanities that people can cross in both directions and, in doing so, enrich themselves and their worldview.

13.8: Science, Culture, Meaning

Marcelo has relaunched the 13.8 blog, where he writes about science and culture with physicist and 13.8 co-founder Adam Frank.

Question Reality! Science, Philosophy, a Search for Meaning

Trace philosophy and science through the ages in Marcelo’s newest MOOC.

How to Ignite Secular Spirituality

In this virtual meeting, convened by Synergos, Marcelo Gleiser discusses how Covid-19 is impacting our worldviews and ways to co-create a new world through our individual and collective actions.

NYAS Panel Discussion: The Enigma of Life

Marcelo analyzes the impact of awe and wonder on his own work and on the mindsets of his colleagues carrying out cutting-edge scientific research.

The Origins of Life

In this TEDxEast talk, Marcelo tells the 13.7-billion-year story of our universe in 18 minutes.

How We Make Sense of the World: Information, Map-Making, and The Scientific Narrative

A new paper by Marcelo and Damian Sowinski on applying information theory to how we make sense of the world.


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Marcelo discusses science and religion with CERN's director general, the Vatican's head of science and faith, and a scholar of Jain philosophy on BBC World Service's The Forum. Listen to the program ➞

Marcelo discusses science and religion with CERN's director general, the Vatican's head of science and faith, and a scholar of Jain philosophy on BBC World Service's The Forum.
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