From e-flux, planktons in the sea: A few questions regarding the qualities of time. From Plus, a series of articles on what is time? Sean Carroll on Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Time (and more and more on From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time). Hong Kong physicists say they have proved that a single photon obeys Einstein's theory that nothing can travel faster than the speed of light — demonstrating that outside science fiction, time travel is impossible. Physicists recreate "end of time" in lab: Ever wondered what would happen if the dimension of time came to a sudden end? A new experiment reveals all. A review of Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe by Roger Penrose. A review of The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch (and more). An interview with David Weintraub, author of How Old Is the Universe? The case for parallel universes: Why the multiverse, crazy as it sounds, is a solid scientific idea. Marcus Chown of New Scientist magazine on his top 10 bonkers things about the universe. Big Science: A look at the 10 most ambitious experiments in the universe today. To date, the Higgs boson remains entirely hypothetical — no decisive experimental evidence has ever accrued that would establish its existence. What does it mean to call information the basis of reality? An interview with Vlatko Vedral, author of Decoding Reality: The Universe as Quantum Information. Who discovered that E=mc2? It’s not as easy a question as you might think. Charles Seife reviews The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. Writing lessons for astrophysicists: Popular science books are all well and good until they ask you to picture a hundred cats playing volleyball in the fourteenth dimension.
