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black hole baby universe
Here in our Universe, time passes at a fixed rate for all observers: one second-per-second. Before the Big Bang, things were very different.
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Experts and Big Think writers recommend their favorite reads for diving deeper into the history and perspectives found in the Book of Books.
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Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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“We are beginning to take our first steps out into the cosmic ocean… and the water seems inviting.”
heavy neutral atom
If it weren't for the intricate rules of quantum physics, we wouldn't have formed neutral atoms "only" ~380,000 years after the Big Bang.
A failure of a paper airplane constructed from crumpled paper.
“It is natural to want to avoid failure. But when we avoid failure, we also avoid discovery and accomplishment."