Marcelo Gleiser appears in the following:
The Inevitable Question?
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Confronted with the amazing advances made by science, why do so many still cling to God as a creator? Could the answer be that we need to be created in order to be special? Or are we afraid of our own unique place in the Universe? Marcelo Gleiser knows what he thinks.
For The Love Of Science: A Call To Action
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Improvements in science education can take many forms. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser says that one of the easiest and most rewarding is to simply put real research scientists in front of students. A few volunteer hours from a scientist can change how a student sees the world forever.
Portrait Of A Physicist As A Young Man
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
Physicist Marcelo Gleiser recalls his early interest in competing interpretations of the quantum world. Now a successful researcher in his own right, he wonders if its time to switch gears and turn his casual interest into a professional pursuit.
Who's Afraid Of The Quantum Ghost?
Wednesday, May 01, 2013
How do you explain it when unseen forces act across time and space? The fact is that reality is far stranger than we can suppose when we step into the quantum world. Physicist Marcelo Gleiser lays out the bones of this modern ghost story.
Defining Our Place In The Universe
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Is the importance of life on Earth shrinking as science continually re-defines our world as a meaningless speck in an endless and uncaring Universe? Or is life here a precious thing that grows in importance with our ever-deepening knowledge of the Universe? Commentator Marcelo says it's the latter.
Our Dark Materials
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Science discovers one dark material after another, making reality stranger than fiction. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser says the recent observation of the Higgs field and last week's announcement of the possible detection of dark matter are just the latest data points in our long quest to know what the Universe is made of.
Mind And Matter: Confessions Of A Perplexed Soul
Wednesday, April 03, 2013
What can we say about how the brain creates our sense of self? A lot and yet surprisingly little, as it turns out. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser ponders the many challenges scientists face to make sense of our mind.
The Origin Of The Universe: From Nothing Everything?
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Can science ever explain the origin of the Universe? Commentator Marcelo Gleiser suggests caution and humility as scientists face this very difficult question.
Planck Data: Universe Older And Slower
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Results from the European Planck satellite point to an older and slower universe. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser says the data gives us confidence that cosmology is on the right track to explain the Universe in which we live.
Where Did Life Come From? The Mind? The Universe? Can We Even Know?
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Can science explain the origins of the universe, of life and of the mind? Not completely, it turns out. But how far can it go in answering them? Commentator Marcelo Gleiser starts digging into these questions.
Is Mathematics A Criterion For Truth In The Natural World?
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Is math a truth or a human invention? In this age-old question lies an interesting analogy with sports, and perhaps a resolution to the conundrum. Updated with sources for further reading on the math as invention vs. discovery controversy.
Is The Earth Alive? That Depends On Your Definition Of Life
Wednesday, March 06, 2013
As scientists advance their understanding of how the Earth has changed through billions of years, it becomes increasingly clear that the Earth and the life on it are entwined in unique ways. Commentator Marcelo Gleiser goes in search of the origins of life in a meeting of the minds at CERN.
Dispatch From CERN: Which Higgs?
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Scientists have found a Higgs-like particle, a key component in modern physics theory. But is it the Higgs particle, or a new one, part of a more complex model?
What Happened Before The Big Bang? And Other Weird Cosmic Questions
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Did time start with the big bang? What's outside the universe? Here are answers to these and other questions you always wanted to ask about the universe.
Dexter's Killer Commentary On Science And Religion
Friday, October 28, 2011
In the Showtime series Dexter, an atheist serial killer confronts other killers who believe themselves to be following God's plan. In the midst of much blood, the plot offers a meditation on science and religion.
Desperately Seeking Symmetry
Monday, April 18, 2011
From hair parts to the origin of the universe, how symmetry shapes our existence.
Nothing's the Antimatter
Monday, April 18, 2011
Just after the Big Bang, the universe was a primordial soup made of light. Then, it started belching out matter. Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how deeply shocking this is, and Marcelo Gleiser reveals an imperfection in the laws of physics that makes our very existence possible.
Mirror, Mirror
Monday, April 18, 2011
The mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson posed a big question about mirrors in one of his best-known books: Through the Looking-Glass (yup, Dodgson's pen name was Lewis Carroll). Natasha Gostwick of Storynory reads an excerpt that gets at the heart of the trouble: is mirror milk any good to drink? ...
