Physical Sciences

The Reality of Consciousness

By Peter Russell

consciousness is a fundamental quality of the cosmos, and that what we call the material world emerges from it.

An excerpt from 'Physics: A Science in Quest of an Ontology'

By Wolfgang Smith

The first step towards an ontological comprehension of physics consists in the rediscovery of what we term the corporeal domain, which is basically the perceptible, beginning with the visual.

Infinite Potential: What Quantum Physics Reveals About How We Should Live

By Lothar Schäfer

There are many big questions to be curious about, and one of the most fascinating is this: What makes…

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Healing in a Toxic Culture

With Gabor Maté and Tim Ferriss

Promoting his new book 'The Myth of Normal' on the Tim Ferris Show

brain-heart

According to Ervin Laszlo, the coherence of the atom and the galaxies is the same coherence that keeps living cells together, cooperating to form life.

Healing Waves

By Hanae Armitage

Scientific innovations harness noise and acoustics for healing

Dream it to Do it: The Science & the Magic

By Dr. Howard Eisenberg

And excerpt from 'Decoding Reality 2.0'

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Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness

Aware follows six brilliant researchers who approach our greatest mysteries from radically different viewpoints.

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Quantum Entanglement

With Chris Fields

What does Entanglement actually mean?

Is Reality a Game of Quantum Mirrors?

By Peter Evans

A new theory of Quantum Physics suggests it might be

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A Brief History of Quantum Mechanics

With Sean Carroll

The mysterious world of quantum mechanics has mystified scientists for decades

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The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)

With Katie Mack

Modern cosmology — the study of the nature and evolution of the cosmos itself — has allowed physicists to explain the history of the Universe from the first tiny fraction of a second until today. But what’s next?

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Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow

With Yuval Noah Harari

Historian Yuval Noah Harari has taken the world on a tour through the span of humanity

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10 Women Who Changed Our Understanding Of The Universe

Meet these 10 amazing women who changed our understanding of the cosmos

Science Answers the Big Questions

By Science and Nonduality

Why are we here? Where did it all come from?

Maxwell's Demon Made Real

By Jonathan O'Callaghan

The thorny thought experiment has been turned into a real experiment — one that physicists use to probe the physics of information.

Is the Universe Conscious?

By David Crookes

Can our brains help prove the universe is conscious?

Silicon

By Federico Faggin

Two excerpts of his new book

Spacetime Paths as a Whole

By Sky Nelson-Isaacs

This addresses a fundamental challenge within the standard theory of quantum mechanics

Objective Quantum Reality May Not Exist

By Alessandro Fedrizzi & Massimiliano Proietti

Each of us may be able to experience totally different realities.

Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek

By Jennifer Chu

To understand ourselves and our place in the universe...

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Does Time Exist?

Do the past, present, and future exist all at once?

Quintessence

By Davide Castelvecchi

Hints of twisted light offer clues to dark energy’s nature

Four Ways Quantum Physics Will Challenge Your Reality

By Peter Evans

No matter where we start with quantum theory, we always end up at a conundrum

Gravity, Gizmos, and a Grand Theory of Interstellar Travel

By Daniel Oberhaus

Jim Woodward’s peers have long dismissed his ideas about gravity and inertia. Now he believes he has the data that will prove him right—and could make interstellar travel possible for humans.

Breaking Time-Reversal Symmetry

By Michelle Starr

Just three orbiting black holes can break time-reversal symmetry

The Big Bang Never Happened

By Jonathan Tennenbaum

An interview with renowned physicist and Big Bang theory critic Eric Lerner

Schrödinger’s Clock

By Jonathan O'Callaghan

Physicists describe a way to merge quantum theory with Einstein’s special theory of relativity

The Quantum Internet

By Dan Hurley

The quantum internet will blow your mind. Here’s what it will look like.

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What Do I Know? - SAND18 US

With Peter Russell

Peter Russell in conversation with the audience at SAND18 US.

The Universe before Ours

By Adam Smith

Another universe existed before ours – and energy from it is coming out of black holes, says Nobel prize winner

What Is Math?

By Dan Falk

A teenager asked that age-old question on TikTok, creating a thoughtful scientific debate

The End of Everything: Dr. Katie Mack

By James Gleick

Book Review

Have We Solved the Black Hole Information Paradox?

By Yasunori Nomura

We may soon have a new understanding of nature

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Relationship and Synchronicity in Quantum Physics - SAND19 US

With Sky Nelson-Isaacs

In quantum physics, it appears that only relationships are real.

Wigner's Friend, Revisited

By Zeeya Merali

A laboratory demonstration of the classic thought experiment could overturn cherished assumptions about reality

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Maths, Movement & Mysticism

With Adam Barley

Could it be that the relationship between Spirit and Creation shows up in the world of numbers?

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Hacking Reality

Is there an 8-dimensional "engine" behind our universe? By Quantum Gravity Research

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The Rainbow World, A New Physics for a New Self

With Riccardo Manzotti

Neuroscience and psychology have been unable to address the hard problem of consciousness

What Happened Before the Big Bang?

By Paul Sutter

The Big Bounce theory was once thought impossible. But two physicists have just resurrected it.

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Real-ativity - SAND19 US

With Jude Currivan

Our Universe is fundamentally inter-connected

Ten Myths About the Quantum Universe

By Ethan Siegel

Along with the counterintuitive picture of reality, many myths and misconceptions have arisen

Does Time Really Flow?

By Natalie Wolchover

New Clues Come From a Century-Old Approach to Math.

What is Quantum Cognition?

By Nicoletta Lanese

Physics theory could predict human behavior

Axions Would Solve a Major Problem in Physics

By Natalie Wolchover

In a new paper, physicists argue that axions could explain why the universe isn’t empty

Emergent Time

By Conor Purcell

In some versions of quantum gravity, time itself condenses into existence.

Strange Dark Matter Findings

By Carly Minsky

Scientists believe that mysterious dark matter is key to forming galaxies in the cosmos. Now, a recent series of bizarre findings threatens to undermine everything we think we know.

Dark Energy: Why Tinker with Gravity?

By Ethan Siegel

Of the 2 trillion galaxies contained within our observable Universe, 94% are already forever beyond our reach

Astronomers Spot 'Missing Link' Black Hole

By Reuters

Scientists have detected a mid-size black hole - considered the "missing link" in the understanding of these celestial brutes

Time Flow and Infinite Precision Numbers

By Natalie Wolchover

The laws of physics imply that the passage of time is an illusion. To avoid this conclusion, we might have to rethink the reality of infinitely precise numbers.

How Far is the Edge of the Universe?

By Ethan Siegel

If you were to go as far out into space as you can imagine, what would you encounter?

Marcelo Gleiser: The Mystery of Knowing

By Shawn Radcliffe

One of the great unsolved problems of modern physics is coming up with a theory of everything

A Math Limerick

By Science and Nonduality

Today we let go and be nerds...

Dark Matter and Antimatter

By Carly Minsky

A Link Between Dark Matter and Antimatter Could Be Why the Universe Exists

Landmark Computer Science Proof Cascades Through Physics and Math

By Kevin Hartnett

A new proof in computer science also has implications for researchers in quantum mechanics and pure mathematics

Breakthrough in Nuclear Electric Resonance

By University of New South Wales

Engineers crack 58-year-old puzzle on way to quantum breakthrough

Is Information the Fifth Form of Matter?

By Philip Perry

There is no dark matter. Instead, information has mass, physicist says

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Dark Gravity

With Neil deGrasse Tyson

Dark Matter, Dark Gravity, Ghost Particles, & the Essence of All Objects

There's a Giant Mystery Hiding Inside Every Atom in the Universe

By Rafi Letzter

No one really knows what happens inside an atom.

Human Bias

By Ethan Siegel

Quantum Physics is Fine, Human Bias About Reality is the Real Problem

Quantum Gravity Could Reverse Cause and Effect

By Stephanie Pappas

Any theory of quantum gravity is going to have to grapple with some weird time stuff.

Even Large Molecules Can Behave Like Waves

By Shawn Radcliffe

You wouldn’t find baseballs entangled in such a way that hitting one affects another miles away.

Could the Universe be Curved, not Flat?

By Eleonora Di Valentino

In a curved universe, no matter which direction you travel in, you will end up at the starting point

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White holes

The other side of black holes. Do they exist?

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A Solar Model

With Kristen Bobst

Every solar system model you've seen is wrong.

2000 atoms in two places at once

By University of Vienna

The new study demonstrates a bizarre quantum effect at never-before-seen scales

No Dark Energy?

By Yonsei University

New evidence shows that the key assumption made in the discovery of dark energy is in error

A Fifth Force of Nature

By Mike McKrae

Physicists See Hints of X17, an Elusive Particle That Could Be a New Force of Nature

Physics is Pointing Inexorably to Mind

So-called “information realism” has some surprising implications

Quantum physics study suggests objective reality doesn’t exist

By Alessandro Fedrizzi and Massimiliano Proietti

Observers are powerful players in the quantum world.

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Who's Not Looking Through The Telescope Now?

With David Lorimer

Reversing history from Galileo's time, it is now the scientists who refuse to look through the telescope.

Quarks: Basic Building Block or Quantum Illusion?

By Shawn Radcliffe

A new model suggests that these subatomic particles may not be so fundamental after all.

Are the Past and Future Real? The Physics and Philosophy of Time

By Elizabeth Fernandez

What is happening right now? Is your “now” the same as my “now”?

The Cosmic Web

By Becky Ferreira

Galaxies can move with each other across huge distances, and against the predictions of basic cosmological models.

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The End of Quantum Reality

With Wolfgang Smith

There is a mystery that has confounded scientists for a century.

Neutrinos Lead to Unexpected Discovery in Basic Math

By Natalie Wolchover

Three physicists wanted to calculate how neutrinos change. They ended up discovering an unexpected relationship between some of the most ubiquitous objects in math.

Real-Life Schrödinger’s Cats Probe the Boundary of the Quantum World

By Philip Ball

Recent experiments have put relatively large objects into quantum states, illuminating the processes by which the ordinary world emerges out of the quantum one.

Mysterious Quantum Rule Reconstructed From Scratch

By Philip Ball

The Born rule, which connects the math of quantum theory to the outcomes of experiments, has been derived from simpler physical principles.

David Bohm, Implicate Order and Holomovement

By David Storoy

David Bohm was one of the most distinguished theoretical physicists of his generation, and a fearless challenger of scientific orthodoxy.

What are intermediate-mass black holes?

By Jake Parks

We've detected puny, stellar-mass black holes. And we've detected giant, supermassive black holes. But what about those in the middle?

The Tragedy of Science and a Way Out

By David Paul Gontar

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SAND18 US — Can a Computer become Conscious?

With Federico Faggin

How can there be intelligence without consciousness?

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Mathematics as a Unifying Field

With Edward Frenkel

In this inspiring talk, the mathematician Edward Frenkel speaks about the beauty and elegance of mathematics

Consciousness in the Many-Worlds Interpretation

By Philip Ball

The idea that the universe splits into multiple realities with every measurement has become an increasingly popular proposed solution to the mysteries of quantum mechanics.

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A Conversation on Physics, Tao-Te-Ching, and Awakening

With Shantena Augusto Sabbadini • Recorded October 5, 2019

A Free, Online conversation facilitated by Vera de Chalambert

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Chaos Theory

Ever wonder how we try to predict the unpredictable? Supercomputers use the power of chaos theory.

White holes: Do black holes have mirror images?

By Bill Andrews

These black hole opposites would spew energy, be impossible to enter, and might even answer some of the universe’s fundamental questions.

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Time is Real; Space is an Illusion

Lee Smolin on the Jim Rutt show.

The Universe Is Expanding Faster Than Expected

By Shawn Radcliffe

Discrepancies in measures of expansion may point to new physics

Quantum Darwinism: Moving From the Quantum to the Classical World

By Shawn Radcliffe

The “fittest” quantum properties make the most copies of themselves.

Adventures in Frequency

By Peta Morton

Multi-dimensional Cymatics with David Schiermeyer

Past and Future Have Different Probabilities

Arrow of time points forward in quantum systems

4,000 Exoplanets Mapped in NASA Stunning Video

In less than 30 years, humanity has discovered more than 4,000 exoplanets

The First-Ever Photo of Quantum Entanglement!

By Fiona MacDonald

In an incredible first, scientists have captured the world's first actual photo of quantum entanglement

A Little Doodle from SAND19 Italy

By Riccardo Manzotti

Chris Field's presentation viewed by Riccardo Manzotti

Star Stuff

By Shawn Radcliffe

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin on the Mystery of Stars

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SAND18 US — The Mystery of Free Will

With Donald Hoffman

Donald Hoffman reminds us that we can predict people's choices up to seven seconds before they are conscious of making that choice.

Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks Available Online

By Shawn Radcliffe

The true extent of da Vinci’s Renaissance mind is captured in the surviving notebooks...

A Planetary Sense of Love

By Krista Tippett in On Being

Astronomer Natalie Batalha embodies a planetary sense of what “love” is and means.

This Little-Known Quantum Rule Makes Our Existence Possible

By Ethan Siegel

It's not only a big deal; it's the biggest deal of all.

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Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox

This video is about Bell's Theorem, one of the most fascinating results in 20th century physics.

Solving the Vacuum Catastrophe

By Shawn Radcliffe

Quantum field theory has made some incredibly accurate predictions about the universe, but it has also made some of the worst.

Quantum Biology: Photosynthesis - An Interview with Chris Fields

Q: How do quantum phenomena take part in photosynthesis and why is it important?

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SAND18 US — Soul Tech

With Federico Faggin, Kate Stockly, Carole Griggs, Vincent Horn, and Mikey Siegel

An Unpanel discussion facilitated by Mikey Siegel

The Cosmic Dance

By Sunil Mehrotra

On dark summer nights, away from city lights, I love to stargaze and imagine that I am dancing with the stars.

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The Root of All Illness

With Ruediger Dahlke • Sunday 16 June 2019

a Free online Conversation with Dr. Ruediger Dahlke, hosted by Zaya Benazzo

Multiple Realities Can Happily Co-Exist, Suggests Study

By Shawn Radcliffe

Two realities can exist at the same time, at least in the quantum world, suggests a new study.

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The Physics of Oneness

With Shantena Augusto Sabbadini • Recorded November 2, 9, &16, 2019

A 3-part Webinar Series

Healing Your Belly Could Also Heal Your Brain

By Shawn Radcliffe

There are many things that affect our mental health, from work-related stress to past traumas to whether or not we meditate each day.

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Quantum Physics, Embodiment and Consciousness

With Shantena Augusto Sabbadini • Recorded Feb-March 2019

A 3-Part webinar series

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Exclusive interview with Dr. Alan Wallace

With Science and Nonduality

In this exclusive interview with Dr. Alan Wallace we discuss consciousness, mathematics, practicing deep sleep states and meditation as preparation for dying consciously.

Events In a Far Galaxy Modify Your DNA

By Stephen Battersby

Billions of years ago, an iron nucleus forged in another galaxy was flung into space at close to the…

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SAND18 US — The Science of Consciousness

With Stuart Hameroff

Stuart Hameroff, co-founder of the Toward a Science of Consciousness conference, follows a brief overview…

Black Holes and the Arrow of Time

By Shawn Radcliffe

In our everyday life, time flows in one direction—forward. When you put a frozen pizza in the hot oven, the pizza heats up. When you hit a baseball, it flies over the wall (if you’re having a good day at bat). When you knock a coffee mug off a table...

The Holographic Principle

By Donald D. Hoffman

The most famous case study in science, prior to Freud, was published in 1728 in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society by the English surgeon William Cheselden, who attended Newton in his final illness.

It’s Time to Allow Vibration to Have its Way

By Greg Sipp

For well over a century, scientists have been wrestling with what quantum mechanics has been revealing to us about fundamental reality

The Secrets of Ramanujan’s Garden

What is the source of scientific inspiration?

The True Mirror – A Reflection of our True Nature

What’s wrong with mirrors? Most people know that they are backwards, reversing left and right sides,…

Can the Future Affect Our Decisions in the Present?

By Shawn Radcliffe

In physics, time exists but it has no preferred direction.

Math Has its Own Brain Region

By Josh Hrala

How did great mathematicians like Stephen Hawking and Albert Einstein make the leap from understanding basic mathematical concepts to answering fundamental questions about the Universe?

Truth Will Set You Free: Time Does Not Exist

When we ask ourselves why we think time exists, most of us would say: because we see everything changing, always.

Art & Spirit in Mathematics: The Lessons of Japanese Temple Geometry (part I)

By Newcomb Greenleaf

Imagine for a moment being in a church where mathematics groups meet regularly to solve geometry problems…

New Theory Says We Are All Multiple Personalities of a Cosmic Consciousness

By Shawn Radcliffe

From the comfortable seat of our bodies (and built-in brains), it’s easy to think that consciousness…

The Science of Happiness: Why complaining is literally killing you

By Steven Parton

Sometimes in life, all the experience and knowledge simmering around in that ol’ consciousness of ours...

The Historic Einstein-Tagore Meeting: Is Truth Independent of us?

By Shawn Radcliffe

It was on the edge of Berlin on July 14, 1930, that science and spirituality came together in one of the most intellectually stimulating conversations in history

The Flow of Time in a Timeless Universe

By Shawn Radcliffe

If you were to stand outside the universe—outside both space and time—and look at your life, you would see your birth, your death and every moment in between laid out as distinct points.

Inclusion of Consciousness May Solve 100-year-old Physics Problem

By Ben Werner

Quantum physics tells us that the state of a subatomic particle can only be known when the state of the particle is measured

Science Pointing to Nonduality

By Mark Gober

Most of my life was spent as a materialist. I regarded physical matter as the basis of reality. From matter emerged biological organisms such as humans, which developed brains, and out of the brain emerged consciousness.

The Holographic Future: From Science Fiction to Reality

Since childhood I have been fascinated by holograms. The reason was the science fiction movie Star Wars and in 1984 I watched it for the first time.

Modern Physics is Stagnating, Not in Crisis

By Shawn Radcliffe

Over the past century, the total number of physicists has grown exponentially, as has the number of…

One Simple Question: What is Energy?

By Israel Erez

It was 18 months ago that I stumbled upon a short video on YouTube talking about the basics of Quantum Field Theory.

Science and the Existence of Ether

The existence of an ether – an all-pervading medium composed of a subtler kind of matter – has been taught by mystic philosophers throughout the ages.

Van Gogh's Turbulent Mind Captured Turbulence

Scientists have discovered a distinct turbulent fluid pattern, surprisingly close to Kolmogorov’s equation, hidden in many of Van Gogh’s paintings.

Do We Actually Experience the Flow of Time?

Time is a contentious topic in physics. Some physicists, such as Julian Barbour, argue that it doesn’t even exist. Others, such as Carlo Rovelli, hold that it arises as a secondary effect of deeper quantum processes.

The Spirituality of Science

By Lynn K. Russell

Quantum particles, the foundation of the universe, are like naughty children playing catch me if you can with scientists in a game with no rules.

Consciousness isn't a Mystery—Matter is.

By Galen Strawson

It is precisely science that makes the key point shine most brightly: the point that there is a fundamental respect in which ultimate intrinsic nature of the stuff of the universe is unknown to us — except insofar as it is consciousness.

The Tantric Gift of Math’s Mystery

By Jeanric Meller

Is math an invention of the human brain? Or does math exist in some abstract world, with humans merely discovering its truths? The debate has been raging since the time of the ancient Greeks.

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