The Universe of Discourse: A puzzle about balancing test tubes in a centrifuge by pavel_lishin

A puzzle about balancing test tubes in a centrifuge !!defnk#1#2{leftlangle{#1 atop #2}rightrangle} defdd#1{nk{12}{#1}} !! Suppose a centrifuge has !!n!! slots, arranged in a circle around the center, and we have !!k!! test tubes we wish to place into the slots. If the tubes are not arranged symmetrically around the center, the centrifuge will explode. (By

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Euclid Dark Universe telescope reveals its first sparkling images of the cosmos by belter

News Science & Astronomy Two images taken by Euclid’s instruments. The left was taken by VIS and the right by NISP. (Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA) On Monday (July 31), the European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope sent its first images back to Earth. And while these seminal portraits are certainly mesmerizing, they also confirm that the

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Is the expansion of the Universe just a mirage? by bookofjoe

For decades, scientists have discerned that the universe is not only expanding, but accelerating.But this evidence doesn’t always square with models, throws flags with things like the cosmological constant, and makes explanations like dark energy necessaryA new paper from a researcher at the University of Geneva goes back to the drawing board and proposes a

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No, Our Universe Isn’t Made Of Pure Mathematics by optimalsolver

The idea that the forces, particles and interactions that we see today are all manifestations of a single, overarching theory is an attractive one, requiring extra dimensions and lots of new particles and interactions. Many such mathematical constructs exist to explore, but without a physical Universe to compare it to

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Is the Universe a simulation? Let’s test it Crowdfunding for experiment by isaacfrond

Is the Universe a simulation? Let’s test it Crowdfunding for experiment

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Playing Dice with the Universe (2021) by bryanrasmussen

In the fall of 2020, Deutsche Bank’s “Long-Term Asset Return Study” announced the Age of Disorder: an era of clashing superpowers, worsening inequality, faltering economies, quarreling generations, deteriorating ecosystems, and suffering populations. Instead of identifying a path from crisis to opportunity, the investment bank simply advised readers to avoid “extrapolating past trends.” Reading summaries of…

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Universe Splitter by hexomancer

Tough decision? There’s no need to choose — Split the universe and do both! Scientists say that every quantum event plays out simultaneously in every possible way, with each possibility becoming real in a separate universe. You can now harness this powerful and mysterious effect right from your iPhone or iPod Touch! How? Whenever you’re…

ByHackTechFebruary 28, 20220Comments

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