Category: parallel Universes
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A Groundbreaking Scientific Discovery Shows That We Can Reverse Death
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New experiments raise important questions about what it means to die. Editor’s Note: This is one of Popular Mechanics’ greatest stories. It was initially published in December 2022. On December 9, 2013, 13-year-old Jahi McMath was checked in to Oakland Children’s Hospital in California for a routine tonsillectomy. She had sleep apnea and…
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Your Consciousness Persists After You Die, New Research Suggests—Meaning There Are Hidden Layers to Death
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Do we need to redefine what dying truly means? Some experts think so. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story… Death—and what happens when it happens—is one of nature’s greatest mysteries. Clinical death is currently understood as an immediate, irreversible event that occurs once circulation stops and brain activity is no longer…
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Your Consciousness Shifts to a Parallel Universe When You Die, Bold Theory Suggests
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Perhaps we really are immortal, according to quantum physics. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story… Our consciousness persists throughout our whole lives. From the moment we wake up to the moment we fall asleep, it’s the thing that is constantly with us, shaping our perception. So, when we…
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Scientists Think Time Could Move Fast and Slow All at Once. They’re About to Prove It.
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Ultraprecise atomic clocks could test the idea that time moves at multiple speeds. Jose A. Bernat Bacete//Getty Images Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To those of us living on Earth, time appears relatively immutable. Except for some clever bits of human intervention, one second inexorably ticks by…
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Life and Politics in the World Beyond Death
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Afterlife researchers are impressed by how closely the afterworld resembles our physical planet, so much so that many who die think they are still alive. In many other ways the two worlds are similar, which will become obvious as you read on. In this article I’ll speculate a little more…
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Meet Chrysalis, The Generational Ship Designed To Take Humans On A 400-Year Trip To Alpha Centauri
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In order to prepare for the journey, the first generation would have to spend 70-80 years in Antarctica. Could this ship take us to Alpha Centauri? Image credit: Giacomo Infelise, Veronica Magli, Guido Sbrogio’, Nevenka Martinello, Federica Chiara Serpe, Project Hyperion For beings of our size and lifespans, space is…
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The Universe Is Intelligent—And Your Brain Is Tapping Into It to Form Your Consciousness, Scientist Says
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That could mean intelligence is a fundamental property that structures like the brain interact with. The universe has no brain. It has no gray matter, no nervous system, no neurons firing electrical impulses—and yet, that physical structure may not be where intelligence and consciousness actually come from. Intelligence may exist and evolve on…
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Consciousness May Not Be Uniquely Human, New Theories Suggest—Rewriting Everything We Know About the Mind
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Now, scientists think consciousness might be older and more widespread than previously believed. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: Consciousness has long evaded our understanding. Not only are researchers unable to define what consciousness is—whether it be basic self-awareness or some kind of higher connection with the universe—but they also aren’t…
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This Theory Says Time Has Three Dimensions. It ‘Really Messes Up’ What We Know About the Cosmos, Scientists Say
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Getty ImagesBut it also makes the concept of time-traveling into alternate futures a reality. Here’s what you’ll learn in this story: What would the universe look like if you could travel faster than light? The answer may provide a surprising explanation to the mysteries of quantum mechanics. Our universe plays by certain rules,…
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Gravity May Be Key Evidence That Our Universe Is a Simulation, Groundbreaking New Research Suggests
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One of nature’s most familiar forces might be doing something far stranger than we ever imagined. From ancient Greek philosopher Plato to Neo, hero of the dystopian film fantasy The Matrix, humans have long pondered the true nature of reality. Can we trust what we see, taste, touch, smell, and hear to…
