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Professor of Physics and Astronomy | Dartmouth College
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At CERN, Hunting for Invisible Worlds

With so many dedicated to solving nature's riddles at CERN, it's hard not to think of it as a modern cathedral, a link between reason and mystery, a place of pilgrimage.
August 23, 2017

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PostedAugust 23, 2017
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TagsCERN, higgs boson, dark matter, LHC, particle physics, Standard Model, quarks

At CERN, in Search of Nature's Building Blocks

In a world so divided by cultural and economic warfare, what happens at the European laboratory for particle physics stands out as a celebration of the best we have to offer.
August 16, 2017

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PostedAugust 16, 2017
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TagsCERN, LHC, particle physics, antimatter

Boosting the Search for Nature's Building Blocks

CERN has said that the Linac 4 booster for the Large Hadron Collider is ready. The hope is that with higher speed and luminosity, unknown particles may be found.
May 24, 2017

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PostedMay 23, 2017
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Tagsparticle physics, dark matter, higgs boson, CERN, LHC

A New Culture of Cooperation in Academia Is Emerging

A liberal arts education was supposed to expose students to the sciences and the humanities without exploring their affinities or overlaps — but this era is coming to an end.
October 4, 2016

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PostedOctober 6, 2016
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Tagsacademics, humanities, physics, particle physics, quantum physics, science, physical reality, liberal arts, cooperation

Pushing The Frontiers Of High-Energy Physics Links Humanity

The kind of research being conducted at CERN is a reminder of what we can accomplish, together, even amid the darkest of times.
December 1, 2015

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PostedDecember 3, 2015
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Tagslarge hadron collider, CERN, higgs boson, particle physics

A Short History of the Mysterious Disappearing Neutrinos

Incompleteness is the lifeblood of science. We don't know where the massive neutrinos will lead us, but it's fair to expect that the road ahead will have quite a few surprises.
October 20, 2015

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PostedOctober 22, 2015
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TagsNeutrinos, electron, particle physics, Takaaki Kajita, nobel prize, Arthur McDonald
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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
A trail run for Mother’s Day!
#trailrunning #ourplanetourhome
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.
Listen to the program ➞

 
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