Avi LoebComplexity Nurtures IntelligenceWhen Albert Einstein wrote down his complex tensor equations of General Relativity, relating the curvature of spacetime to the distribution…6 min read·1 day ago--5--5
Avi LoebShining Light on Cosmic HydrogenFollowing the Big Bang, the Universe was hot and dense, composed of a soup of elementary particles. But after 400,000 years, the cosmic…5 min read·4 days ago--4--4
Avi LoebOur Cosmic ExodusAs the Passover holiday approaches, I was reminded of how short human history is. The Exodus from Egypt dates back to the 12–13th century…4 min read·5 days ago--1--1
Avi LoebThe Art of Being Right in Finding a Message in a BottleOn my way back from TED2024, I passed through the Seattle airport. There, I met Art Wright (short for Arthur St. Claire Wright), who…9 min read·6 days ago--4--4
Avi LoebMy Unrehearsed TED TalkOn the TED2024 stage in Vancouver, Canada, the artist Guo-Qiang Cai described in the Mandarin language his gunpowder fireworks that lit the…8 min read·Apr 17, 2024--7--7
Avi LoebWhen Did Life Start in the Universe?The latest data from the Webb telescope suggests that the first stars formed about a hundred million years after the Big Bang, when the…4 min read·Apr 15, 2024--3--3
Avi LoebOur Cosmic Cradle Allows Us to Become Interstellar GardenersWe should not take our cosmic cradle for granted. A multitude of coincidences should make us happy.5 min read·Apr 13, 2024--7--7
Avi LoebThe Shadow of an Alien Civilization“You are absolutely my favorite actor,” I told the Oscar-nominated actor Paul Giamatti as I joined the podcast interview to which he…5 min read·Apr 11, 2024--23--23
Avi LoebThere is No Eclipse of Solar NeutrinosWhen I was offered a five-year postdoctoral fellowship in astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in 1988, I did not…6 min read·Apr 9, 2024--7--7
Avi LoebOur Rare Moment Under the SunExperiences that inspire awe connect people to one another and to entities that are larger than them. A burning bush that was never…4 min read·Apr 8, 2024--8--8
