physics describes a bunch of different kinds of multiverse. Which one gets the sort of most attention in pop culture, would you say? There was a time certainly not that long ago when what we call the cosmological multiverse was very much in vogue and still is in scientific circles. Different regions of space-time where conditions are very, very different. The laws of physics locally might seem very,very different.
The film Everything Everywhere All at Once won the 2023 Academy Award for Best Picture. In this episode from March 2023, just before the Oscars, Ian Sample spoke to the theoretical physicist and philosopher Sean Carroll about why we seem to be drawn to the idea of multiple worlds, and what the science says about how the multiverse might actually work. Help support our independent journalism at
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