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The deepest mysteries of the universe

From New Scientist, extreme universe: Eight cosmic record-breakers. From Science News, a special issue on cosmic questions, answers pending. An interview with Leonard Mlodinow on the beginning of the universe (and more on Stephen Hawking). The universe is expanding at 73.8 +/- 2.4 km/sec/megaparsec — so there. Did the universe begin as a simple 1-D line, and what would life be like in one dimension? Cosmos at least 250x bigger than visible universe, according to a study. Martin Bojowald on his book Once Before Time: A Whole Story of the Universe. A review of The Clockwork Universe: Isaac Newton, the Royal Society, and the Birth of the Modern World by Edward Dolnick (and more). Roll Over Copernicus: It turns out we are the center of the universe. Physicist Samuel Ting is trying to unlock the deepest mysteries of the universe. Research finds Big Bang evidence may disappear in 1 trillion years. A review of How Old is the Universe? by David A. Weintraub (and more). Hey physics, get real: The trippiness of physics used to be attractive — now it seems decadent and escapist. A review of From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time by Sean Carroll. Garrett Lisi responds to criticism of his proposed unified theory of physics. An eruption in space-time: A flash of nearly 13 billion year-old light reveals how the universe has distributed ever more intricate elements throughout its history. Charles Seife reviews The Hidden Reality: Parallel Universes and the Deep Laws of the Cosmos by Brian Greene. News from Fermilab suggests a new subatomic particle. It is the Holy Grail for physicists the world over and now they think they might finally have found it. God particle may not exist if no evidence found before 2013. 52 years and $750 million prove Einstein was right: Data in the Gravity Probe B project has confirmed some of the weirdest predictions of Einstein’s general relativity theory. Could Einstein's Theory of Relativity be a few mathematical equations away from being disproved? 13-year old Jacob Barnett thinks so.