
Alternate Timelines Can’t Help You, Quantum Physicists Say
The multiverse offers no escape from our reality—which might be a very good thing

Alternate Timelines Can’t Help You, Quantum Physicists Say
The multiverse offers no escape from our reality—which might be a very good thing

Here’s Why We Might Live in a Multiverse
Several branches of modern physics, including quantum theory and cosmology, suggest our universe may be just one of many

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Ho’oleilana, a Billion-Light-Year-Wide Bubble of Galaxies, Astounds Astronomers
This enormous structure could help explain processes close to the dawn of time—or it could be a random cosmic fluke

Here’s What Physics Tells Us about Barbie’s World
Using concepts from theoretical physics and explorations of the multiverse, here’s what we can understand about Barbie and the world she lives in

Quantum Theory’s ‘Measurement Problem’ May Be a Poison Pill for Objective Reality
Solving a notorious quantum quandary could require abandoning some of science’s most cherished assumptions about the physical world

How Far Should We Take Our Cosmic Humility?
For centuries, scientific discoveries have suggested humanity occupies no privileged place in the universe. Now, however, studies of worlds beyond our solar system could place meaningful new limits on our existential mediocrity

The Universe Is Not Locally Real, and the Physics Nobel Prize Winners Proved It
Elegant experiments with entangled light have laid bare a profound mystery at the heart of reality

Was Our Universe Created in a Laboratory?
Developing quantum-gravity technologies may elevate us to a “class A” civilization, capable of creating a baby universe

Unbinding Life, Unbounded
The blog’s author reflects as nine years of writing undergo an evolutionary change

The Lowest-Bid Universe
If reality is manufactured it’s time to lodge some complaints

350 Posts: From Blue Dots to Black Holes
The Life, Unbounded column reaches a milestone and reflects on seven years of astrobiology, astrophysics and wonderfully crazy stuff

Astrobiology Roundup: Stars in a Multiverse, Drills on Mars and More
The northern summer brings some intriguing research and exciting developments