My night musings often drift to deep truths of existence: thoughts on cosmos, consciousness, meaning (if any). I can't help it. That's why I'm entranced by the idea of a multiverse, the theory that ...

Just weeks after the turn of the 17th century, Giordano Bruno was burned alive by the Roman Inquisition for, among other things, claiming the existence of a plurality of worlds and their eternity. The ...

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In his latest book Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg explores how science made the modern world, and where it might take us from here From Quanta Magazine (find original story here). If you're ...

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In his latest book, the Nobel Prize winner Steven Weinberg explores how science made the modern world, and where it might take us from here. STEVEN WEINBERG: One difference, of course, is that they ...