Monday M.A.G.I.C. (Memory, Appearance, Genius, Image, Conversation) “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC!” Sir Arthur C. Clarke My New Years' Resolution: Stop Procrastinating. (Starting tomorrow) Greetings from rainy San Diego, where I am back from a week of skiing with the family. For me, like David Brooks: there were two mountains: one covered in…

Expansion of the Universe: The most compelling evidence for the Big Bang Theory is the observation that the universe is expanding. This means that in the past, the universe was smaller and denser, and that it has been expanding outward over time. Cosmic Background Radiation: The cosmic microwave background…

Monday M.A.G.I.C. (Memory, Appearance, Genius, Image, Conversation) “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC!” Sir Arthur C. Clarke What’s Mike Tyson’s favorite holiday? Boxing Day, of course! Greetings from cloudy San Diego, where I am preparing to assault another mountain, this one for skiing, not for astronomy! Wish me luck. Just wanted to get…

390 years in the making : It’s finally here — Galileo Galilei’s “Dialogue on Two World Systems | Audiobook” Dear Impossible Family, Our new audiobook version of Galileo Galilei’s Dialogue is finally ready for you to consume! The book clocks in (pun intended at a whopping 21 hours of Galilean…

Dear Impossible Family, First, I want to welcome 500 new subscribers to this bi-monthly M.A.G.I.C. Monday e-Mail list — I hope you’ll enjoy this ride through the Multiverse with your new family. …

Monday M.A.G.I.C. (Memory, Appearance, Genius, Image, Conversation) “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from MAGIC!” Sir Arthur C. Clarke Dear Impossible Family, First, I want to welcome another 500 new subscribers to this bi-monthly M.A.G.I.C. Monday e-Mail list — I hope you’ll enjoy this ride through the Multiverse with your…

Sean Carroll | The Biggest Ideas in the Universe! Sean is an American theoretical physicist and philosopher who specializes in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology. He is the Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at…

Greetings from San Diego where I am emerging from a nasty bout of Covid. Most of my family got it too. With school only recently back in session it meant a lot of disruption around the house… Just when I was getting re-burned out, Labor Day comes around. I…

Dear Impossible Family, Greetings from somewhere off-the-grid. I’ve finally decided to unplug for a week. No email (other than this), no podcast interviews, no social media…nothing but time alone with my family and thoughts… SAVE ME!!! Just Keating. I need some down time, just like you — before the stress/hassle…