Imagine you've encountered a natural phenomenon you want to understand better, but don't have the tools to do so. Perhaps you're curious why the fundamental constants have the values that they do, or ...

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The Anthropic Principle—stating that the universe we live in is fine-tuned to host life—was first proposed by Brandon Carter in 1973. Since then, it has sparked significant debate. Now, a paper ...

Cosmologists who study the link between life in the universe and the values of the physical constants were once viewed with suspicion by other scientists. But a recent high-profile conference at ...

Is the universe the way it is to ensure the emergence of life — and, ultimately, conscious, human life? This assertion, known as the anthropic principle, has been supported by a number of prominent ...