Column: Welcome to the Multiverse

Many of you may know that Discover is not only a web site that hosts a diverse collection of entertaining blogs, but also publishes a monthly "magazine" printed on paper. Wild, right? Just ask this baby, who can tell you that a magazine is kind of broken when compared to an iPad. [embed]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXV-yaFmQNk[/embed] Nevertheless, people read these things like crazy. I have recently started contributing an occasional column to the print magazine, known as "Out There." (Our blog neighbor Carl Zimmer has been columnizing about the brain for a while now.) My first column appeared in the October issue (which comes out in September), and is now online -- check it out. The issue I'm tackling, under the draconian word count limit of an actual print magazine, is whether it's scientific to talk about the multiverse. (Spoiler: it is!) Let me know what you think.