What’s in nothing
Leap into nothingness: researchers question where the universe ends, how emptiness is expressed in creative works, and the erasure of the 'self' in death.
Empty space, the absence of everything, a glimpse into death. Anyone who seeks to understand nothingness is driven to extremes. The latest Horizons edition explores how this also applies to research, as it searches for total emptiness in the vastness of space or calculates the mathematical zero point. Horizons follows a disappearing text and an erased work of art. Finally, an interview with a psychologist examines how a death wish and an emotional abyss can be transformed into a renewed will to live.
And that's not all: Desperate researchers, dying worlds, beautiful nature - the Horizons editorial team serves up reviews of current films and series with science as the main ingredient.
Other highlights include the mysterious history of lithium, insights from the old and new Presidents of the Research Council of the SNSF and a geneticist with a heart for lab mice.
The latest edition of Horizons is as diverse as research itself and, as always, freely accessible to everyone.