{"id":651481,"date":"2013-04-09T15:03:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-09T19:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=74556"},"modified":"2013-04-09T15:08:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T19:08:00","slug":"ted-ed-and-cern-unveil-the-beginning-of-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/651481","title":{"rendered":"TED-Ed and CERN unveil &ldquo;The beginning of the universe&rdquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DmUiCweDic4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s just a teeny, tiny question: How did the universe begin?<\/p>\n<p>Today, <a href=\"http:\/\/ed.ted.com\/\">TED-Ed<\/a> has unveiled a new lesson that answers this in less than four minutes, \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/ed.ted.com\/lessons\/the-beginning-of-the-universe-for-beginners-tom-whyntie\">The beginning of the universe, for beginners<\/a>.\u201d This is the first of five animated lessons developed by <a href=\"http:\/\/home.web.cern.ch\/\">CERN<\/a> scientists and brought to life by TED-Ed\u2019s talented animators. The other four animations \u2013 which tackle the topics of Dark Matter, Anti-Matter, Big Data and the Higgs Boson &#8212; will premiere at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/tedx\/events\/5875\">TEDxCERN<\/a> on May 3rd and will be shared on TED-Ed that same day.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson above, \u201cThe beginning of the universe, for beginners,\u201d was conceived by CERN physicist Tom Whyntie. It explains how cosmologists and particle physicists explore questions like, \u201cHow is the universe expanding?\u201d by replicating the heat, energy and activity of the first few seconds of our universe &#8212; immediately following the Big Bang.<\/p>\n<p>To see the premiere of the next four lessons in real time, tune in to the TEDxCERN live webcast on May 3rd, from 14:00 to 20:00 (CEST). <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxcern.web.cern.ch\/\">It will be available to the public here \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TEDxCERN will feature talks from scientists and big thinkers of all kinds. For more information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/tedx\/events\/5875\">TEDxCERN<\/a>, visit their website, or follow them on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tedxcern\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TEDxCERN\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/74556\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/74556\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=74556&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/L00p-MU-dfg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s just a teeny, tiny question: How did the universe begin? Today, TED-Ed has unveiled a new lesson that answers this in less than four minutes, \u201cThe beginning of the universe, for beginners.\u201d This is the first of five animated lessons developed by CERN scientists and brought to life by TED-Ed\u2019s talented animators. 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