359 | Solo: Theories of Dark Energy
The cosmological constant, as discussed last episode, provides a perfectly good (thus far) explanation for why we observe the universe […]
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358 | Solo: Vacuum Energy and the Cosmological Constant
The most surprising discovery in fundamental physics during my career as a scientist was undoubtedly the acceleration of the universe,
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355 | Solo: Looking Quantum Mechanics in the Eyeball
One of the major obstacles to understanding quantum mechanics is the difficulty we have in simply accepting what the theory
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331 | Solo: Fine-Tuning, God, and the Multiverse
Certain features of our universe seem unnatural to us. These include “constants of nature” such as the cosmological constant and
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320 | Solo: Complexity and the Universe
Our universe started out looking very simple: hot, dense, smooth, rapidly expanding. According to our best current model, it will
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300 | Solo: Does Time Exist?
A new year, and a new centennial — 300 (regularly-numbered) episodes of Mindscape! Our tradition is to have a solo
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295 | Solo: Emergence and Layers of Reality
Emergence is a centrally important concept in science and philosophy. Indeed, the existence of higher-level emergent properties helps render the
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275 | Solo: Quantum Fields, Particles, Forces, and Symmetries
Publication week! Say hello to Quanta and Fields, the second volume of the planned three-volume series The Biggest Ideas in
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270 | Solo: The Coming Transition in How Humanity Lives
Technology is changing the world, in good and bad ways. Artificial intelligence, internet connectivity, biological engineering, and climate change are
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258 | Solo: AI Thinks Different
The Artificial Intelligence landscape is changing with remarkable speed these days, and the capability of Large Language Models in particular
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