When Einstein, born 139 years ago last Wednesday, came onto the science scene, physics was in crisis. New ideas were badly needed — it was the perfect moment for a trailblazer.
March 20, 2018
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Three scientists won the prize after a 25-year-long search of the cosmos for gravitational waves — the waving of space — the one test missing for Einstein.
October 11, 2017
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Just as two kids jumping on a trampoline around each other send waves rippling outwards on the fabric, black holes distort space as they orbit around each other.
October 4, 2017
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Carlo Rovelli's new book is a gem: It's full of wonderful analogies and imagery — and is a celebration of the human spirit, in "permanent doubt, the deep source of science."
February 8, 2017
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The expansion of the universe was sealed as fact in 1965, but the seeds for this revolutionary take on the cosmos and our place in it were planted in 1917 by a daring Einstein.
January 25, 2017
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What would happen if the world's countries armed with nuclear weapons engaged in all-out confrontation? Marcelo considers this in the first of a series of essays on our collective future.
July 26, 2016
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The year 2015 was a busy one for science, with discoveries on many fronts. Marcelo offers thoughts on a few.
January 6, 2016
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As Albert Einstein's Theory of General Relativity turns 100, the scientist would surely be pleased with the revolution he started, a source of wonder and inspiration for all.
December 8, 2015
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Religious belief offers a sense of community with the unknown — with what transcends the confines of our humanity — as science aims to extend our reality.
November 17, 2015
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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
While Marcelo enjoys sci-fi speculation like most people, he also thinks there is a chance, in viewing recent films, to learn something about ourselves and our planet.
December 31, 2014
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Can scientists have too much faith, insisting that an idea is right despite contrary evidence? Marcelo says yes, which could pay off in the end — or be a colossal waste of time.
November 12, 2014
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Marcelo says the mystery that surrounds us will always be here; there is no complete or final knowledge, and this fact gives science a unique character.
October 29, 2014
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Stephen Hawking wants to do away with black holes (as we know them) so he can save the two pillars of modern physics: general relativity and quantum mechanics. At stake is our understanding of the nature of space and time, and how matter affects, and is affected by, both.
February 22, 2014
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