
A Cosmic Video Miniseries to Ponder Gravity, the Universe and Everything
Earthly matters got you stressed? Here is an opportunity to elevate your mind above the terrestrial din with three cosmic questions...
Jared Kaplan is an associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy at Johns Hopkins University.
Earthly matters got you stressed? Here is an opportunity to elevate your mind above the terrestrial din with three cosmic questions...
We probably think we know gravity pretty well. After all, we have more conscious experience with this fundamental force than with any of the others (electromagnetism and the weak and strong nuclear forces)...
What do zebras have to do with the structure of the cosmos? Imagine a single zebra in your mind. With twitching ears, tufted hair, and a visual interference pattern wrapped over muscle and skin, the animal has its own contours, which are easy to make out up close...
Life’s up and downs may seem as inevitable as gravity, but somehow 2020 feels worse than usual. Just as a thought experiment, what if this year actually did get so weird that it even ushered in a change in how gravity affects our material universe?...
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