Scientists: Often Wrong, Rarely Humble
July 25, 2023
What other career allows one to be totally wrong but proud of it?
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Galactic Structure Gives Cosmologists Lumps
June 15, 2021
How many times have we been told that "new physics" are needed to explain the universe?
Big Bang Antimatter Problem Deepens
August 13, 2015
The most precise measurements ever show that particles and their antiparticles are perfect mirror images of each other.
Cosmic Conundrums
August 11, 2015
Modern cosmology is in a battle against the observations, and the observations might just win.
Trouble in Cosmologyland
September 18, 2011
Underneath the veneer of certainty portrayed by TV documentaries about the universe are deep questions and controversies. Some of these briefly appear on publicly-available news stories, only to be covered by new coats of certainty. Are the new veneers fixing the problems or, instead, whitewashing serious weaknesses in current cosmological understanding? Here are some quick looks under the veneer.