Nov 27, 2021Member-onlyAre We Living in a Timeless Universe?We are inescapably confronted with time on a daily basis. It assists us in organizing our lives, for the better or worse, and we have also grown comfortable with dividing our sense of time in three main blocks: a past, a present moment, and a future. Time is so intrinsically…Time18 min readTime18 min read
Published inPredict·Sep 26, 2021Member-onlyMessages From AboveIf I glance at your passport, I am able to figure out — depending on where you are from — your age, your country of origin, your full name, your social security number, and your gender, among other things, and in order to retrieve these bits of information from your…Science18 min readScience18 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·May 10, 2021Member-onlyUnifying the UniverseThinking up a single theory that explains everything within the physical world is what seems to drive several theoretical physicists. From the dynamics of the largest cosmological structures down to the twists and turns of quantum systems at the smallest of scales. The leading position in the search for a…Science14 min readScience14 min read
Published inAn Idea (by Ingenious Piece)·Apr 25, 2021Member-onlyThe Quantum Origins of Our UniverseHow did it all start? How was our Universe created? What were the initial conditions? Were there any conditions at all? Is our observable Universe just one patch of many in a much larger universe beyond our reach? Is our Universe unique? Did it pop out of nowhere? Will it…Cosmology15 min readCosmology15 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Mar 17, 2021Member-onlyOur Place in the World Wide UniverseTaking a step back from our day-to-day activities can sometimes have an invigorating effect, as it allows us to pause for a moment, reflect on where we stand, and see where we want to go from there. This article gives a literal spin to this reflective exercise: Where do we…Science12 min readScience12 min read
Mar 8, 2021Member-onlyBrainy Guts and Gutsy BrainsWe are not alone. Whether such statement applies to life forms beyond the planet Earth, is an area of active scientific research, but not the topic of this article. What we can say, however, is that these four words certainly hold when redirecting our attention to our inner being. Our…Science15 min readScience15 min read
Published inAge of Awareness·Feb 8, 2021Member-onlyDo We Have a Quantum Entangled Brain?The scientific field of biochemistry — the study of chemical reactions and processes in biological organisms — backed up by physical chemistry — the application of standard physical concepts, such as motion, thermodynamics, and force, to chemical systems — is most of the time sufficient to gain a thorough understanding…Neuroscience15 min readNeuroscience15 min read
Published inDialogue & Discourse·Jan 23, 2021Member-onlyQuantum Gravity in the Making: The Fusion of Quantum Mechanics and General RelativityWe always appreciate it when explanations add up. There is a sort of soothing and satisfying effect that comes along and suffuses us when things make sense. Precisely for those reasons, what has irked many theoretical physicists for already several decades is the absence of the theory of quantum gravity…Science14 min readScience14 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Dec 11, 2020Member-onlyCatch Me If You Can, Said the Black HoleIt goes without saying that it is hard to observe something that we cannot perceive with our own eyes. Luckily, science and technology have come a long way in helping us to detect the unseeable. Think of optical and atomic force microscopes showing how the Shewanella oneidensis bacterium extracts oxygen…Black Holes21 min readBlack Holes21 min read
Published inClimate Conscious·Nov 9, 2020Member-onlyCan I Get a Dose of Biodiversity, Please?Healing the planet, our animal peers, and our human species with a single formula. — It sounds rather implausible that there would be a single cure to heal our natural environment, reverse the rate of extinction of animal species, improve human health, and dampen the on-going changes in our climate. Perhaps there is one. More specifically, one that embraces a deeper acknowledgment of the relevance…Science13 min readScience13 min read