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Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

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Is reality real? How evolution blinds us to the truth about the world

We assume our senses see reality as it is - but that could be just an evolved illusion obscuring the true workings of quantum theory and consciousness

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Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate

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Welcome to the 5th dimension: Our universe's radical new fate

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Dark energy

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Dark energy

metabolite molecules

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Data can now be stored inside the molecules that power our metabolism

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quantum mechanics

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Quantum mechanics

String theory

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String theory

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Working hypothesis: from Raspberry Pi to abolishing time

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How did the universe begin?

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How did the universe begin?

Mathematician and physicist Roger Penrose

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Roger Penrose

Werner Heisenberg

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Werner Heisenberg

Werner Heisenberg was a German theoretical physicist famous for his uncertainty principle and his work on nuclear fission.

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Cosmic microwave background

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General relativity

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What is quantum field theory?

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Black holes

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