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What is the latest research on spin foam models of quantum gravity?
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Robert Helling live-blogs Loops 05
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Why the concept of tensor was invented
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Vafa: Landscape and Swampland
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What Insights Does the Toronto String Theory Panel Video Offer?
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Is the Universe a Fractal According to Einstein's Local Time Theory?
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Testable analog of Hawking effect-explain?
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Understanding Randall Sundrum Model: Weakness of Gravity
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Infinite number of Hamiltonian constraints
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How do liquid crystals illustrate the properties of cosmic strings?
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Physics against mathematics. Zeno’s Paradox
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What does like a fractal mean, talking smallscale spacetime
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Wonderful wise article about Feynman
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SelfAdjoint declared winner of first forecast poll
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Is the Physics of a Hypersphere in 5-Dimensional Space Fundamentally Different?
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Is String Theory A Waste Of Time?
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Mathematical derivation for gravity
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M-Theory is a theory which 'combines' the five superstring theories
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Ashtekar-Bojowald hits by year-end
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Black hole bounce comes out of the closet
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How many citations to Reuter before yearend?
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Getting into Loop Quantum Gravity: What You Need to Know
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M-Theory Basics: Review of 11D Supergravity & LQG
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Strings and the size of particles
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Anatomy of a Gauge Theory by D. Kreimer
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Lagrangian of a system is independent of time
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Is Black Hole Complementarity Just a Terminology Issue?
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Are All Objects Accelerating Through the 11 Dimensions?
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August-September hits on Smolin latest
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Arxiv: new categories and reorganization
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How small could the 4Ds be Out of 11Ds?
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Should the name of the forum change?
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With all due respect, is there going to be mud wrestling?
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Stringtheory's Braincell Calculation and Information Entropy: An Exploration
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Quantum Weirdness: Solving the Measurement Problem?
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Searching For QG: Is There an End to the Possibilities?
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Roh-Suan Tung: the Origin of the Immirzi Parameter
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Definition of light in string theory
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Geometry in theoretical physics: alternatives having been tried ?
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Observational Evidence for Extra Dimensions from Dark Matter
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Interaction of light with the quantum gravitational field
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John Baez on Quantum Gravity (TWF 31 August)
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The Universe from Scratch (new AJL paper)
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What is the reality of string theory in our universe?
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Vecctor analysis and got the mathematical formulae for gradient
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Asking for Help in Loll's Paper
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Anthropery voted down in Toronto (Dennis Overbye NYT)
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What Are the Limitations of Math in Understanding String Theory?
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What's being taught in schools
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What is Not Even Wrong, THE BOOK!?
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Quantum evaporation of a naked singularity
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Shape Shape-shifting strings solids, liquids, and gasses
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What impact on QG if the CMB map is revised?
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Honoring Asher Peres: Reflections on "The Cat Who Walks by Himself
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Why Are Quantum Theory and General Relativity Not Compatible?
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Understanding Dimensions: The Interplay of Mathematics and Philosophy
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Extra Dimesions (the Calabi-Yau shape)
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Please help me on calculating orbifold euler characteristics
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Is There a Twistor Matrix Theory Related to CP^3?
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Gravity Normal At Small Scales.
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Is Our Universe's Dimensionality Just an Illusion of Information?
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Is Change an Indicator of Increasing Entropy in Our Universe?
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Why the need for background independence in String
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Why is the Planck Mass Surprisingly Large Compared to Other Units?
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The famous Institute of Theoretical Physics?
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Stargate episode string theory
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Forecast String Research Citing in 2005: 11 or More?
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Uh oh, I've started to believe in string theory What do I do?
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How Does Zeno's Paradox Influence Quantum Gravity and Modern Science?
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Background independence talks at Strings 06
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SU(3), U(1), O(3), etc what are they?
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Find Surface Area of an N-Dimensional Sphere
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Advice on Casimir PhD Dissertation: String Theory, Cosmology, Inflation
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Strings and gravitational time dilation
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Star Trek Transporter Quandary: Take the Risk?
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How Do Modifications in Microphysics Affect Inflationary Cosmology Predictions?
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What's meant by- background independence/ dependence-landscape
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Question about causality in CDT
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Joe Lykken's List of Stringy Goods and Bads
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Should I Study Physics Without Taking a Class?
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Open Problems of CDT: Unsolved Questions in Causal Dynamical Triangulations
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Never go up against a Sicilian
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Understanding Quantum Spacetime: Theories and Evidence
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Find Legendre Polynomials of Order 15+
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Coarse Graining: What Does It Mean?
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Extended Bodies in QFT: String Theory & Phenomenology
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Inverse Square Law: Gravitational & Electromagnetic Forces
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Hawking's preprint: Information loss in Black holes
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John Stachel's typographical errors
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What is Supersymmetry and How is it Used in Physics?
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Can We Access Parallel Universes Through Theories of Dimensional Avenues?
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Can String Theory Explain the Anomalous Muon Magnetic Moment?
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Bianca Dittrich saves the loopski bacon?
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Fermat's Last Theorem and Physics
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Caliabau-Yau Shapes: What Everyone Knows About These Multidimensional Knots
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Gravity Debate: Unanswered Questions on String/Loop Theories
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Why Is Loll Gravity Gaining Attention in Quantum Gravity Research?
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What Do String Theory and Loop Quantum Gravity Aim to Explain?
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Lagrangian remains invariant under addition
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Nonperturbative QG: the emerging theory
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