Cosmology
Cosmology: The strength of gravity is an open question
Did Tyson’s Cosmos series send the religious right “off the deep end”?
Budget cuts begin to sink in, for some in cosmology
But the space program is NOT worth funding if the multiverse rules
Rob Sheldon: Dark matter, dark energy, … what is the role of evidence now?
Question everything? People who say that almost never really mean it
Cosmos finale of course claims there is no fine-tuning of universe for life
Darwin’s natural selection runs the whole universe without evidence?
Multiverse promotion continues despite a minor no-evidence setback
From Peter Woit Multiverse promotion continues apace, with Steinhardt one of a rather small number of physicists publicly objecting. On Monday Alexander Vilenkin will explain to the public at the American Museum of Natural History that “the Big Bang was not a unique event in cosmic history and that other Big Bangs constantly erupt in remote parts of the universe, producing new worlds with a great variety of physical properties” (see here). A recent story on livescience has Brian Greene on the multiverse. Over at Massimo Pigliucci’s Scientia Salon Coel Hellier is starting a multipart series arguing against multiverse skeptics with The multiverse as a scientific concept — part I. Nothing in Part I about the problematic issues (untestable claims Read More ›