Get ready to re-think your ideas of reality. Join UCSD physicist Kim Griest as he takes you on a fascinating excursion, addressing some of the massive efforts and tantalizing bits of evidence which suggest that what goes on in empty space determines the properties of the three-dimensional existence we know and love, and discusses how that reality may be but the wiggling of strings from other dimensions.  (#5551)

Astrophysics, Cosmology, Astronomy, Space Sciences

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   The Gamma-Ray Spectrometer at Mercury: A Seven Year Journey to the Innermost Planet
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   Exploring the Universe from the South Pole
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   Mayan Cosmology Cycle Ends: Precision Cosmology Progresses

Physics

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   The Beginning and End of the Universe: What Physics Says
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   Quantum Cascade Lasers: From Lab Curiosity to Tools (Or How to Convert Ideas into Products) with Kumar Patel
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   Cold Atom Quantum Simulation