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Cosmology
The Universe
Our origin story.
The universe is a self-reconfiguring machine, with nothing being created from the void nor destroyed to nothing. At the core of reality are four forces guiding 17+ particles. We see these particles combine into atoms and molecules. Those molecules bundle into materials, and those materials evolve into life.
The Fermi Paradox is Too Anthropocentric
The Fermi Paradox is the common framework for thinking about the odds of alien life, but can it even come close to an accurate estimate?
Dawn of Humanity: Sapiens in Their First Millennia
Using fossils spread across Africa and beyond, this is the story of our first 1,000 years featuring our unique pioneering spirit.
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Cosmocycles: A Proposed Cosmic Calendar Based on Cyclic Universe Model
Proposal: Cosmic calendar for Big Crunch theories.
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“We are all connected to each other biologically, to the Earth chemically, and to the rest of the universe atomically.”
- Carl Sagan
- circa 1980
We Are Stardust
TAKE-AWAY: Carl Sagan reminds us that we are intimately connected to the universe. The particles that form our bodies are borrowed from a cosmic pool of just 17 particles and four forces. Even more humbling, the molecules within us were forged in the hearts of stars, linking us directly to the vast cosmos that surrounds us.
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