MachineMachine /stream - tagged with space-time http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron text@machinemachine.net Why Does Our Universe Have Three Dimensions? http://news.discovery.com/space/why-does-our-universe-have-three-dimensions-120119.html/why-does-our-universe-have-three-dimensions-discovery-news So you know, why the universe has three dimensions http://t.co/ak3XQF8E ]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:35:56 -0700 http://news.discovery.com/space/why-does-our-universe-have-three-dimensions-120119.html/why-does-our-universe-have-three-dimensions-discovery-news The Science of Nothing; The Philosophy of Everything http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/9037022482

The Physics of Nothing; The Philosophy of Everything

]]> Wed, 17 Aug 2011 05:34:00 -0700 http://tumblr.machinemachine.net/post/9037022482 The cognitive benefits of time-space synaesthesia http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2009/11/the_cognitive_benefits_of_time-space_synaesthesia.php SYNAESTHESIA is a neurological condition in which there is a merging of the senses, so that activity in one sensory modality elicits sensations in another. Although first described by Francis Galton in the 1880s, little was known about this condition until recently. A rennaissance in synaesthesia research began about a decade ago; since then, three previously unrecognized forms of the condition have been described, and hypotheses for how it arises have been put forward. Two new studies now provide some insight into time-space synaesthesia, the least researched of all the forms of this fascinating condition. One is a case study… ]]> Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:11:00 -0700 http://scienceblogs.com/neurophilosophy/2009/11/the_cognitive_benefits_of_time-space_synaesthesia.php The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html Dr. Nielsen and Dr. Ninomiya have proposed a kind of test: that CERN engage in a game of chance, a “card-drawing” exercise using perhaps a random-number generator, in order to discern bad luck from the future. If the outcome was sufficiently unlikely, say drawing the one spade in a deck with 100 million hearts, the machine would either not run at all, or only at low energies unlikely to find the Higgs. Sure, it’s crazy, and CERN should not and is not about to mortgage its investment to a coin toss. The theory was greeted on some blogs with comparisons… ]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:12:00 -0700 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/13/science/space/13lhc.html Beyond space and time: To the Nth Dimension http://www.newscientist.com/special/beyond-space-and-time We don't have any trouble coping with three dimensions – or four at a pinch. The 3D world of solid objects and limitless space is something we accept with scarcely a second thought. Time, the fourth dimension, gets a little trickier. But it's when we start to explore worlds that embody more – or indeed fewer – dimensions that things get really tough. These exotic worlds might be daunting, but they matter. String theory, our best guess yet at a theory of everything, doesn't seem to work with fewer than 10 dimensions. Some strange and useful properties of solids, such… ]]> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:01:00 -0700 http://www.newscientist.com/special/beyond-space-and-time