Weekend Wonder: Keep The Universe Going! (Synopsis) [Starts With A Bang]

“The universe is big, its vast and complicated, and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles. And that’s the theory. 900 years, never seen one yet, but this would do me.” –Steven Moffat

They say that the best things in life are free, and I’m a firm believer in that. In fact, that’s part of the reason I think the stories I’m always telling — about the Universe, how it is, how we know it, and how it came to be — should be free as well. But I’m not going to lie: in terms of effort, time, energy, and (for my contributors) money, telling that story isn’t quite free at all.

Images courtesy of (clockwise, from top left) Paul Halpern, Amanda Yoho, Summer Ash, Jillian Scudder, Ethan Siegel, Sabine Hossenfelder, Brian Koberlein and James Bullock.

But I don’t want to just keep doing what I’m doing now; I want to enhance our offerings, create more and better things, and have this be the focus of my professional life. I can’t do it alone, though, and I can’t do it without your support. So for the first time, I’ve set up a Patreon, where everything I create will still be free and freely accessible to all, but if you can support me and my contributors, you’ll receive a reward. Here’s our intro video:

Now go learn about this new endeavor, and then — if you can afford it — make a small, monthly donation to us here!

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“The universe is big, its vast and complicated, and ridiculous. And sometimes, very rarely, impossible things just happen and we call them miracles. And that’s the theory. 900 years, never seen one yet, but this would do me.” –Steven Moffat

They say that the best things in life are free, and I’m a firm believer in that. In fact, that’s part of the reason I think the stories I’m always telling — about the Universe, how it is, how we know it, and how it came to be — should be free as well. But I’m not going to lie: in terms of effort, time, energy, and (for my contributors) money, telling that story isn’t quite free at all.

Images courtesy of (clockwise, from top left) Paul Halpern, Amanda Yoho, Summer Ash, Jillian Scudder, Ethan Siegel, Sabine Hossenfelder, Brian Koberlein and James Bullock.

But I don’t want to just keep doing what I’m doing now; I want to enhance our offerings, create more and better things, and have this be the focus of my professional life. I can’t do it alone, though, and I can’t do it without your support. So for the first time, I’ve set up a Patreon, where everything I create will still be free and freely accessible to all, but if you can support me and my contributors, you’ll receive a reward. Here’s our intro video:

Now go learn about this new endeavor, and then — if you can afford it — make a small, monthly donation to us here!

from ScienceBlogs http://ift.tt/1JcjEBo