If you set up a row of dominoes as a timeline of history from the Big Bang to now, and had each domino represent 1 million years it would stretch over 300 meters long. I know because that's what I did... continue reading

posted by BSR 1 year 1 month 1 week ago • 12 views • 13:22

This video is about why entropy gives rise to the arrow of time, and also how the initial low-entropy condition of the universe is responsible for the fact that we experience time right now, and how ultimately... continue reading

posted by Mekanikal 2 years 8 months 4 weeks ago • 40 views • 3:24

Brilliant!

posted by brycewi19 3 years 11 months 1 week ago • 416 views • 8:30

Hank explains how a recent astronomical discovery made in Antarctica could change what we know about the birth of the universe, and the rules of physics that govern it. (Youtube)

posted by Fantomas 5 years 3 months ago • 657 views • 3:59

Some pretty interesting facts

posted by longde 5 years 8 months ago • 298 views • 3:03

Professor Ed Copeland on the latest news to come from the Planck project - talking about the Big Bang and the resulting microwave radiation. [YT]

posted by radx 6 years 3 months ago • 412 views • 17:26

From YT: It was a crucial paper in the history of cosmology and described events after the Big Bang - yet it's perhaps better known for a bad joke and an author who wrote nothing. Extra footage about the... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 8 years 3 months ago • 1,381 views • 7:23

Sixty Symbols takes on the question of if electrons would move around the atom at absolute zero. The answer surprised me a bit, but makes sense and is sort of a slap yourself in the head and of course... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 4,660 views

The scientists at Sixty Symbols attempt to explain what would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider. They have a few hypotheses, but nothing that can reach the theory level yet. Other... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 8 years 9 months ago • 5,510 views • 13:19