Marcelo Gleiser
Theoretical Physicist
Marcelo Gleiser is a professor of natural philosophy, physics, and astronomy at Dartmouth College. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, a recipient of the Presidential Faculty Fellows Award from the White House and NSF, and was awarded the 2019 Templeton Prize. Gleiser has authored five books and is the co-founder of 13.8, where he writes about science and culture with physicist Adam Frank.
No matter how hard we try, we will never reach a final theory that unifies scientific knowledge. The very nature of science doesn’t allow it.
Quantum mechanics + consciousness: There is nothing better than mixing two great mysteries to produce an even bigger one.
Science continues to amplify our view of reality.
Many have argued that free will is an illusion, but science does not support that.
We pretend to be in control, but we have frighteningly little knowledge upon which to base our life’s decisions.
Einstein hated “spooky action at a distance,” but much to his chagrin, quantum mechanics remains as spooky as ever.
The beauty of this magical medicine called silence is that it is available to all of us, even in cities, if only we care to listen.
The mediocrity principle is often used to make claims about the abundance of life across the universe, but these claims are likely unfounded.
Ultrarunning is a celebration of living and a rehearsal of dying all rolled up in a single intense experience.
The Copernican principle states that Earth is an ordinary planet, but that does not mean that life is ordinary in the universe.
The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope is the event of a lifetime.
This short story is a fictional account of two very real people — Anaximander and Anaximenes, two ancient Greeks who tried to make sense of the universe.
Albert Einstein and his theory of general relativity continue to amaze us to this day.
What was the universe like one-trillionth of a second after the Big Bang? Science has an answer.
The great theoretical physicist Steven Weinberg passed away on July 23. This is our tribute.
Cross-disciplinary cooperation is needed to save civilization.
Quantum theory has weird implications. Trying to explain them just makes things weirder.
Asking science to determine what happened before time began is like asking, “Who were you before you were born?”
Must a religious story be confirmed as a true fact to be effective and inspiring?
Science is an ongoing flirtation with the unknown.
Aliens symbolize the best and worst of humanity. When we dream of aliens, we are pondering our future selves.
Scientists should be cautious when expressing an opinion based on little more than speculation.
A revolution of the mind must occur in order for humanity to succeed on a finite planet.
It is impossible for science to arrive at ultimate truths, but functional truths are good enough.
Instead of insisting that we remain “free from” government control, we should view taking vaccines and wearing masks as a “freedom to” be a moral citizen who protects the lives of others.
Two new studies examine ways we could engineer human wormhole travel.
Here’s what Einstein meant when he spoke of cosmic dice and the “secrets of the Ancient One”.
If more people decide to apply pressure through their choices, slowly but surely we would reach climate change herd immunity.