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Do we live in a simulation? The School of Physics and the Society of Physics Students will host a public debate between faculty from the College of Science and the College of Computing to answer…
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Predrag Cvitanovic, Mary Holder, Hans Klein, Zeb Rocklin, Gregory Turk, Santosh Vempala Date
November 12th, 2019
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I knew from the time I was a very young child that I wanted to be an astronomer. The dream lasted until I got to college, where I learned to my dismay that I actually had no passion for doing what an…
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Michael Lemonick Date
March 12th, 2019
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What kinds of shapes can you make by folding a sheet of paper? How strong can you make them, or how flexible? Although we've been folding paper for centuries, we're still discovering…
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Zeb Rocklin Date
February 25th, 2019
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The creation of the elements in the universe took billions of years and required various processes.The first few minutes of the big bang produced only hydrogen (H) and helium (He). No new elements…
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James Sowell Date
February 6th, 2019
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Scientists and journalists have similar, but not identical interests in getting information about their work to the public in an appealing, but accurate way. James Gorman will draw on his experience…
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James Gorman Date
March 27th, 2018
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One of the most obvious facts about the universe is that the past is different from the future. We can remember yesterday, but not tomorrow; we can turn an egg into an omelet, but can't turn an…
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Sean M. Carroll Date
April 11th, 2016
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