Repulsive gravity at the quantum scale would have flattened out inhomogeneities in the early universe First light The cosmic microwave background, as imaged by the European Space Agency’s Planck ...

Teleology is the idea that some processes in nature are directed toward a goal or an end. Today, it is commonly asserted that teleology is a remnant of antiquated ways of thinking about causation, and ...

Joel R. Primack, a physicist who helped explain how tiny quantum fluctuations at the birth of the universe led to the formation of galaxies, galactic clusters and even larger structures spanning the ...