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This is excellent. Back in 2010, an out-of-character Stephen Colbert sat down with astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at Montclair Kimberly Academy to talk for 90 minutes about science, society and the universe. Yesterday, the Hayden Planetarium posted the interview on its website for all to watch. More »
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In order to calculate odds in a multiverse, a certain conceit has to be thrown down which 'ends time' for certain universes. This means that, conceptually at least, universes are destroyed. And so a group of intrepid theorists set out to save universes by saving time, and may have discovered a way to do it. More »
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Multiple universes are accessed, in fiction, through portals in space or mystical necklaces or sometimes just in dreams, but always when characters break the rules of space time. In reality, alternate universes are not in other dimensions. They're just far, far away. And the reason they are alternate universes is that they can't be reached no matter what. But can they be tested for? More »
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Everybody knows about the multiverse, where there are an infinite number of realities that our heroes can visit using the power of their minds or whirly light technology. But then there are the stories that stick close to home, giving us an alternate Earth where our doubles live happier lives despite having no coffee or being under alien attack. More »
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Webcomic Curvy is a romp through a gimmick-laden multiverse of erotica. The protagonist Anais travels to strange worlds with the licorice-flavored princess named Fauna and encounters candy tentacles, transspecies pirates, human furniture, and some literal sexual healing. More »
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Cura Te Ipsum is an emotional crisis on infinite earths. Charlie Everett tries to kill himself only to be stopped by himself. Soon he's on a multiversal trek, where his alternate selves want to heal – or kill – him. More »
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The eternal inflation model says that there's an infinite number of universes, with new universes constantly popping into existence and expanding outwards. Every so often, these new universes might collide. Our universe has four "bruises" possibly caused by these collisions. More »
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The laws of physics only work in a finite universe, but we likely live in an infinite multiverse. Resolving this discrepancy could mean a 50-50 chance time will end in 3.7 billion years. Yeah, this one's going to get weird. More »
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In this week's "Ask a Physicist," we're going to figure out why the universe we inhabit isn't Flatland, Tesseractland, or Doubletimeland. Or, at very least, we're going to figure out why those worlds would suck at harboring complex life. More »
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The multiverse is a wacky place. When people aren't trying to uplift their hamsters, they're playing pranks on Scientologists or hauling their kids off to that geyser that spews sky kittens. Scenes from a Multiverse is a goofy, pandimensional tour. More »
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In this week's "Ask a Physicist" we figure out whether there's a universe out there with another version of you, and whether you could kill her and take her place. More »
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If you've grown bored of watching It's a Wonderful Life for the hundredth time, then perhaps it's time to read Robert Reed's twist on the classic film. In "A Woman's Best Friend," Clarence isn't an angel but a dimension-hopping hoaxster. More »
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Director Sugimoto Kousuke creates action-packed, animated music videos overloaded with colorful visuals and global disasters. His "The TV Show" goes from hypnotically zen to multiversal meltdown, while "Full Moon Party" chronicles the rise and fall of civilization starring monkey kind. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5421986&view=rss&microfeed=true If we do, in fact, live in a multiverse, with multiple universes arising out of the Big Bang, how many are there? Andrei Linde and Vitaly Vanchurin at Stanford University have been working to calculate a number, based on quantum fluctuations in the early state of the universe. Their tally indicates that there are at least 10^10^10^7 universes out there. The human brain, however, could not possibly distinguish between all of those universes, however, as it is only capable of 10^10^16 configurations. More »
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Have we gone multiverse crazy? Iain Banks' latest novel, Transition, is just the latest of a long line of sideways-traveling books, and this theme is more prevalent than ever. Here are some of my favorites, with spoilers and foul language. More »
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As summer brings thoughts of vacation, why not consider stopping off on one of the many Parallel Earths of science fiction? There's an infinite number of possibilities available to you - and here are some of our favorites. More »
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Marvel Comics have released a teaser for next month's landmark 600th issue of Captain America, which suggests that the new Captain may have to learn the complexities of the multiverse to deal with his sidekick. More »
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Maybe it's because I'm indecisive and greedy. Maybe it's because I like seeing evil versions of my heroes with goatees and grimaces. Whatever the reason, I can't deny it: I love parallel earths. More »
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As far as cosmic questions go, it's as good a one as any: When will our great universe cease to be, and shuffle our great^10^75-grandchildren off the mortal coil? This concern goes beyond the death of the Sun in 5 billion years, or even the theorized crash of the Milky Way into the Andromeda galaxy in 7 billion. No, the death of the universe is truly giant on every scale - unavoidable, and fascinating. More »
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Confused by the intricacies of the concept of multiple parallel universes all co-existing at the same time? WNYC's Radiolab wants to help with this hour-long conversation between host Robert Krulwich and Brian Greene, physics and mathematics professor and director of the Institute of Strings, Cosmology, and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. Learn just how un-unique you actually are. The (Multi) Universe(s) [Radiolab] More »
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Who says that the alternate-world genre has been killed by lackluster treatment in things like Sliders, Jet Li's The One, or DC's Countdown comic? British indie SF movie Schrödinger's Girl aims to change that, showing the accidental downside to one woman's attempt to prove the existence of other versions of herself throughout the multiverse. Here's a hint: One of the alternate hers may be a little too eager to shoot people. More »
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If you've found DC Comics hard to understand over the past year, chances are it's because of the multiverse. DC used to have tons of alternate universes, but they collapsed into one nice, tidy universe in 1985. Until last year, when suddenly DC had 52 different realities to play with again. I decided to hound DC super-editor Dan Didio for an explanation as to why DC's writers and editors are so obsessed with alternate timelines. Here's what he said the second and third times I asked him, plus some info on multiverses in science fiction. More »
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