Between AD 774 and 775 something weird happened. And that something weird resulted in a 12% increase of 14C (a radioactive form of carbon) in the atmosphere. How do we even know this? Tree rings. Earlier work had enabled the dating of this phenomenon with the accuracy of a decade. Now, a new study improved […]
Category Archives: Physics
This recent TED video covers a talk by Professor Brian Greene, a well-known physicist and science communicator, in which he discusses the idea of the multiverse. That is, our universe may be just one of many. Now, I’m not a physicist, so it’s hard for me to really argue for or against the feasibility of […]
