SCIENCE
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The science behind LASIK. For many of us, our imperfect vision… | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size The human eye is an intricate organ, responsible for providing…
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Ask Ethan: Did life begin when the Universe was room temperature? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size The panspermia hypothesis notes that on any world where life…
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Einstein’s famous “change the facts” quote is an insidious lie | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size In 2019, with Hurricane Dorian bearing down on the Florida…
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Starts With A Bang podcast #120 — Exoplanet biosignatures | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size In the search for life in the Universe, the ultimate…
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The ultimate energy limit that lasers will never surpass | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size JILA’s three-dimensional (3-D) quantum gas atomic clock consists of a…
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Extreme black hole system OJ 287 just got more interesting | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size When multiple black holes appear in the same vicinity as…
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Ask Ethan: Why do scientists avoid the possibility of God? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Press enter or click to view image in full size Perhaps the most famous depiction of the ‘Creation of Adam,’…
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5 big unanswered questions about the origin of life | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Zoom image will be displayed What do planets outside our solar system, or exoplanets, look like? A variety of possibilities…
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Ask Ethan: Did our Universe really arise from nothing? | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Aug, 2025
Zoom image will be displayed The Universe is an amazing place, and the way it came to be today is…
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The incredible physics of quantum levitation | by Ethan Siegel | Starts With A Bang! | Jul, 2025
Zoom image will be displayed When cooled to low enough temperatures, certain materials will superconduct: the electrical resistance inside them…
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