Category Archives: Uncategorized

The Reference Frame: BICEP is good news for string gas cosmology

Posted on March 31, 2014 by PlatoHagel

The Reference Frame: BICEP is good news for string gas cosmology: Guest post by Robert Brandenberger of McGill University The indirect discovery of primordial gravitational waves on cosmological scales vi… Dialogos of Eide

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

The Reference Frame: Axion monodromy inflation

Posted on March 28, 2014 by PlatoHagel

The Reference Frame: Axion monodromy inflation: Guest post by Prof Eva Silverstein, string theorist and cosmologist at Stanford & SLAC Let us assume that the BICEP2 result is confirm… First Direct Evidence of Cosmic Inflation- Harvard University Special Colloquium March … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Memory, as the Glue of Society

Posted on March 27, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Our memories are our lives, and a fundamental basis of our culture. Collective memoirs of the past both bind society together and shape our potential future. With our brains we can travel through time and space, calling to mind places … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

What is LROC?

Posted on March 26, 2014 by PlatoHagel

[NASA/GSFC/Arizona State University].LROC Northern Polar Mosaic (LNPM) The LROC team assembled 10,581 NAC images, collected over 4 years, into a spectacular northern polar mosaic. The LROC Northern Polar Mosaic (LNPM) is likely one of the world’s largest image mosaics in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

(Un)Naturalness, Explained

Posted on March 26, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Of Particular Significance This week I’m in California, at a conference celebrating two famous professors, from whom I learned an enormous amount when I was a graduate student and postdoctoral researcher. More on this later in the week. Today, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

A First Stab at Explaining “Naturalness”

Posted on March 26, 2014 by PlatoHagel

The Need for Understanding Naturalness Of Particular Significance Arguably the two greatest problems facing particle physicists, cosmologists, string theorists, and the like are both associated with an apparent failure of a notion called “naturalness”.  Until now, I’ve mostly avoided this … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Pricetag on Naming Mars Craters

Posted on March 26, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Recently initiatives that capitalise on the public’s interest in space and astronomy have proliferated, some putting a price tag on naming space objects and their features, such as Mars craters. The International Astronomical Union (IAU) would like to emphasise that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Media Advisory: Press Conference in Brazil to Announce Discovery inOuter Solar System | ESO

Posted on March 25, 2014 by PlatoHagel

Media Advisory: Press Conference in Brazil to Announce Discovery in Outer Solar System | ESO Dialogos of Eide

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Where Is Your Next Home

Posted on March 25, 2014 by PlatoHagel

See: Outerplaces.com Dialogos of Eide

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Are Artifacts of CMB Right Next to Me?

Posted on March 23, 2014 by PlatoHagel

 Looking back seems strange to me and that if one is to take such a position then evidence must exist in this very moment? Models of Earlier Events This may seem like a stupid question to some, but for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment