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black hole

  • In the New Republic, writer Matt Ford rightly argues why we should be in awe of the blurry photo of the black hole. It’s not about the picture as much as the effort in went in to capturing it. Context is king. This level of cynicism is better understood as ignorance. The image itself might…

  • “The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge.” Stephen Hawking was a visionary physicist who explored the universe and explained black holes. His 1988 release of A Brief History of Time remains one of the greatest selling science books of all-time. But was perhaps best known for his remarkable…