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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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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There is a hero-like narrative in science that is not that far from a sports narrative — the striving for success with the hope of bringing something unimagined to the field.
August 31, 2016
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Imagine how sad it would be if we one day arrived at the end of knowledge — no new questions to explore, no boundaries to expand, no great discoveries ahead.
July 12, 2016
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There's nothing more interesting for a scientist than to have the unexpected show up, as if nature is trying to nudge us to look in a different direction, says Marcelo of new CERN data.
June 21, 2016
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Little, fabulous, flying entities capable of magical deeds that defy what we think reasonable in this world may exist, but we couldn't confirm this directly.
March 18, 2015
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There is no reason to expect that we can get to the ultimate nature of reality. We must learn to live with the mystery, with the fact that we cannot know everything.
December 17, 2014
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We don't have all the answers; many big questions hang over the world of theoretical physics. Is this business as usual? Or symptom of a major crisis in our understanding of nature?
July 23, 2014
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If nature is like a game played by the gods, scientists are the observers trying to figure out the rules. Marcelo asks: Can our knowledge ever be complete?
July 16, 2014
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The right person can make all the difference in your life. Marcelo has benefitted from more than one mentor in his life. Now he gives his time to others and encourages you to do the same.
April 30, 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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