The Nobel Prize winner who thinks we have the universe all wrong
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Stephanie Bai

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This weekend, read about why cosmologists are fighting over everything, how to make the most of your professional decline, and more.

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Cosmologists are fighting over everything.

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The tech billionaire wants to shape humanity’s future. Not everyone has a place there.

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Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it.

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Many people don’t know very much about their older relatives. But if we don’t ask, we risk never knowing our own history.