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This week, at the American Astronomical Society's winter meeting in Boston, physicist Alan Guth of M.I.T. will announce the most mind-numbing wormhole- related news yet. Guth and two collaborators have determined, he says, that "it would apparently be possible in principle for some advanced society literally to create an entirely new universe." The wormhole connection: such + a universe would automatically create its own wormhole, squeeze through it, and then draw the hole closed after...
...many people, such theories may seem useless, if not ridiculous. But to others, the ideas are brain teasers that both challenge and stretch the imagination. While thinking about wormholes has no immediate practical value, Guth insists that it helps scientists explore how flexible the laws of physics are. More important, the theories could shed light on some of the most fundamental questions of cosmology: how the universe began, how it works and how it might...
...Jean Guth...
...Issue: Julie L. Belcove '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Emily M. Bernstein '90 Martha A. Bridegam '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Brooke A. Masters '89 Features Editor: Benjamin R. Miller '89 Editorials Editor: John C. Yoo '89 Sports Editor: Colin F. Boyle '90 Photo Editor: Jeanne D. Guth '88 Copy Editor...
...Issue: Noam S. Cohen '89 Night Editors: David J. Barron '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Mark M. Colodny '89 Brooke A. Masters '89 Eric S. Solowey '91 Copy Editor: Jeremy L. Hirsh '91 Editorial Editor: John C. Yoo '89 Features Editor: Brooke A. Masters '89 Photo Editor: D. Jean Guth '88 Sports Editors: Julio R. Varela '90 Mark T. Brazaitis...