Cosmos

Is There Life on Mars?

Are we alone in the universe? Or is the cosmos teeming with life? And what difference would it make if we found the answer? Those are just some of the questions we address in this week's show.

On Our Cosmic Insignificance

Does learning about the inconceivably large universe mean that we must doubt the significance of human life on this planet? Is there a way to account for the intuition that we are just a microscopic blip in the universe and avoid nihilism?

Could the Laws of Physics Change?

如果重力突然停止工作怎么办?或者如果e逐渐等于mc3而不是mc2呢?物理学的基础真的会改变吗?或者这只是科幻小说里的东西?

The Mystery of the Multiverse

纵观人类历史,每次我们以为自己知道宇宙是什么时,结果发现宇宙不止是其中一个,而是很多个。起初,我们认为宇宙是地球、太阳和月亮,天空中有许多神秘的光点。后来发现有很多行星都有自己的卫星。还有很多太阳,它们有自己的行星:很多太阳系。