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Penultimate Amazing
This month's Discover (not up on thier site yet, apparently) has an interesting article on a new proposal for a sort of "reciprocating" universe, involving individual universes (membranes, they call em') bumping into each other and causing Big-Bangs on a trillion-year-or-so cycle.
Interesting stuff, based on current string theory thinking. Nothing really observable or testable at this point, but it has a certain elegance, and explains a few of the problems with the Standard Model. (inflation, "dark energy", and so forth.)
Pretty good read.
Interesting stuff, based on current string theory thinking. Nothing really observable or testable at this point, but it has a certain elegance, and explains a few of the problems with the Standard Model. (inflation, "dark energy", and so forth.)
Pretty good read.
