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Critical Mass Newsletter

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  • 1 week ago | lawrencekrauss.substack.com | Lawrence Krauss

    I’m excited to announce the fourth episode of our new series, What’s New in Science, co-hosted by Sabine Hossenfelder. Once again, Sabine and I each brought a few recent science stories to the table, and we took turns introducing them before diving into thoughtful discussions. It’s a format that continues to spark engaging exchanges, and based on the feedback we’ve received, it’s resonating well with listeners.

  • 1 week ago | lawrencekrauss.substack.com | Lawrence Krauss

    Peter Singer and Kasia de Lazari-Radek have a lovely podcast called Lives Well Lived, and I was privileged to be asked to be a guest on it. Following the podcast, Peter Singer extracted much of it for his substack page, Bold Reasoning. He encouraged me to repost his posting here. I thank him for that, and for the podcast. Lawrence M. Kraussis best known for his work on the origins of the universe and the limits of knowledge, as well as for his unapologetically scientific worldview.

  • 3 weeks ago | lawrencekrauss.substack.com | Lawrence Krauss

    Garth Slysz is a friend, and was also the hospital physician who treated my mother in her last days. I have come to know him as a dedicated and caring physician, and one who is also interested in keeping up with the latest research in his field. He is also involved in some active research himself, with his son, who is a Prof. at Dalhousie. He was motivated to write this piece by some important new groundbreaking research recently reported in Nature regarding the response to antibiotics in mice.

  • 4 weeks ago | lawrencekrauss.substack.com | Lawrence Krauss

    One of the best parts of hosting the Origins podcast is talking with remarkable scientists whose ideas have changed the way we understand ourselves and our world. My recent conversation with Neil Shubin was particularly enjoyable, not only because Neil is a friend whose insights I admire, but because our dialogue ranged across some of the most fascinating questions at the intersection of evolution, exploration, and human curiosity.

  • 1 month ago | lawrencekrauss.substack.com | Lawrence Krauss

    Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:56:51Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Six months or so ago, I had a fascinating interview/discussion with Stephanie Canizales about her book, Sin Padres, Ni Papeles, which described her five year PhD project interviewing young people who had migrated from Central America as undocumented and unaccompanied minors in pursuit of a better future.