Life, the Multiverse and Everything...
A leaked internal memo from physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva reports a whiff of the Higgs boson, the long-sought theoretical particle that could make or break the standard model of particle physics. The preliminary note, which is still under review, was posted April 21 in an anonymous comment on physicist Peter [...]
You know one of those ordinary sunday mornings when you get up, it’s a beautiful day, you look out of the window, you see a yellow bulldozer, you make a toast, make some coffee, look once again out of the window, reed an article about some guy claiming he has found evindence of alien life, [...]
A cool alternative to your daily dose gossip and intoxicating news! That is, if you have enough time and nothing more valuable to do… Use the interactive guide to discover what has been revealed in the leak of 250,000 US diplomatic cables. Mouse over the map below to find key stories and a selection of original [...]
The Long News: stories that might still matter fifty, or a hundred, or ten thousand years from now. Burr Heneman suggests that the increasing empowerment of women around the world will have impact for generations to come. Just a few weeks ago the U.S. marked the 90th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women [...]
Long Now has been invited by experimental artist Misha Glouberman to be a partner in a commissioned performance he’s created for Ann Hamilton’s Sound Tower – an 80-foot tall site-specific sculpture located on the Oliver Ranch in Geyserville. This participatory event takes place on Saturday September 25, 02010 in Geyserville California. Terrible Noises For Beautiful People is a [...]
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The Long Now Foundation presents Longplayer San Francisco 1,000 years in three simultaneous acts TICKETS Saturday October 16, 02010 Longplayer 7:00am to 11:40pm at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Long Conversation 3:00pm to 9:00pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum Long Now Members can reserve 1 seat, join today! • General Tickets $28 About [...]
Since Tim Geithner did not predict the economic crisis, Nassim Taleb has no interest in listening to him talk about it now. The author of The Black Swan, a book about risk and … [Read More...]
A leaked internal memo from physicists working at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva reports a … [Read More...]
The more one probes the universe at smaller and smaller scales, the weirder matter and energy seem … [Read More...]
Can you recall a moment when you could honestly say 'I told you so', but when no one listens? Well … [Read More...]
