it's a half past the hour here in moscow you just in time for the arts the headlines now syria's commercial capital aleppo has turned into the country's fiercest battle ground as government forces that try to reclaim the city from the rebels russia has slammed the insurgents on the western patrons for leaving damascus no choice but to fight on. clouding at the ceremony british police take down a peaceful mass bicycle ride scarring the london two thousand and twelve olympic organizers efforts which astonished the world with an immaculate opening show with the likes of a queen elizabeth the second paul mccartney and david beckham old starring. saudi arabia police closed down demonstrators and fired live rounds as pro-reform protests spread from the united arab emirates it's the latest outburst of violence

in the country's eastern region where clashes of occurred throughout the year. or now we. prize winner in physics how he thinks the universe began the special interview that's next. i. with me is alex still a pain pill and american astrophysicist and a professor at the university of california berkeley he was a member of the team that received the twenty eleven nobel prize for discovering the dark energy that is speeding up at the punch you know the entire universe and he believed that it could have sprung into existence without any divine help whatsoever well now we will have a chance to talk about this more thank you very much for joining me here today it is a pleasure to be here thanks so you maintain you do not need divine help to explain

how the universe came to be so what is your version will let me start by saying that i'm going to discuss the universe only from the perspective of a scientist from an intellectual perspective i'm not going to be talking about whether there is a spiritual god or a personal god or a purpose to the universe these are questions that science can't address my own belief is that once you have the laws of physics the universe just keeps going on its own and it could even be that the laws of physics are all that you need in order to get the universe to start from the very beginning the big bang what is then the origin of the laws of physics so that's a great question what is the origin of the laws of physics i don't know that's a question science can't answer what if the laws of physics have always existed and they give rise to a universe our universe and perhaps even multiple universes that's

a possibility but it's a possibility that's sort of outside the realm of science because we don't know of any way to experimentally or observationally test whether that's a correct hypothesis so let's start from the very big in. why did rise to the universe wind was there a big bang so what gave rise to the universe is an interesting question we don't exactly know the answer to that but we have some ideas for example if there was a preexisting universe then what's called quantum fluctuations little bits of energy coming into existence for a very short time and then usually disappearing well those can occasionally give rise to a universe because if a quantum fluctuation lasts for a long time it can grow to a very large size and that can essentially give rise to a universe and that universe might then have quantum fluctuations that produce other universes so that would be a never ending sequence of universes arising as

a result of just fluctuations in energy in existing universes that's one idea or another possibility is that there was some sort of a hyperspace some sort of a mathematical space in which the laws of physics existed and then universes just sort of pop off like little soap bubbles that a child might blow so there might be all these soap bubbles which are like different universes in a much bigger hyperspace within which the laws of physics operate for unknown reasons and you see it all starts with the laws of physics but i can't tell you where they came from what's very beautiful to me is that a very small number of laws can explain the vast complexity around us with the one exception where we still just don't know and that's life and

intelligence ok we just don't know biologists have not of advanced far enough to understand exactly how life arose and how an intelligence arises but the mechanical universe is amazingly complex yet explainable with a few simple laws. scientists have just announced the discovery of chutzpah sun what do you think what does it tell us about the origin of the universe the higgs bosun helps complete what's called the standard model of particle physics there's a way we have to try to understand electrons and quarks and neutrinos and other kinds of particles and the higgs bows on was kind of a missing piece of the puzzle which if it were not there would would mean that we'd have to kind of start over but the fact that it appears to have been found completes our picture of the standard model of particle physics that's not to say that we understand everything we don't yet understand how gravity fits in with

particle physics other than the fact that gravity you know pulls particles together and we also don't understand things like dark energy the universe seems to be filled with a dark energy that sticks yeah yeah it's expanding the universe faster and faster i helped discover that and the twenty eleven nobel prize in physics was given to the team leaders last year for that discovery so we don't understand the dark energy there's also something called dark matter it may or may not be some kind of fundamental particles that could be part of the standard model we don't yet understand so the higgs bosun is a very important discovery but it does not solve all questions that remain in physics but it it is but it is a very important discovery in a sense it would have been a more exciting as a scientist if it were not there to me because it would mean that that we're not correct in our view of the universe and the surprises are more fun

than the expected discoveries sort of like we expected to find that the universe is slowing down just like when i toss a water bottle up it slows down due to gravity. of the earth you know pulling it down and eventually it stops and brings it back down well we expected all the galaxies to put be pulling on each other and to beasts slowing down the expansion of the universe but instead we found that the expansion is speeding up so that that meant that there was something totally brand new that was unanticipated that we don't understand and for a scientist that's more fun than just confirming something that you already thought was there that something that you already thought was true why are there any on anticipated discoveries among scientists i don't think scientists will ever truly understand creation because i don't think we'll know where the laws of physics came

from but given a universe given that universes can arise i think someday maybe we may well understand dark energy and dark matter and the other constituents of the universe we only discovered dark energy fourteen years ago the accelerating expansion of the universe so it's no surprise that we don't yet fully understand dark energy dark matter was only conceived a few decades ago so again we don't yet really know what dark matter is but we've not been investigating it for very long i mean in hundreds of years who knows what we will know we might have a full inventory of what's in the universe and how everything behaves so we will know a lot. but we won't quite know why it all happened and why there's something rather than nothing what why are there any mathematical laws

of physics rather than just nothing at all i don't know that will ever understand that scientists are only well aware of four percent of the universe that is we understand pretty well the nature of four percent of the universe the stuff that is made of atoms ninety six percent of the percent of the universe is made out of dark matter and dark energy and although we know that they are present we don't know what their detailed properties are or why they are there or what exactly is going on so in the past couple of decades there's been a true revolution in our understanding of the universe what we used to think of as being everything. is actually only four percent of the pie if you think of a pile with slices four percent consists of the normal stuff of which we are

made but this is fascinating it's fantastic that's right yeah and so you can see that our our view of the universe as scientists changes and that's the strength of science scientists are not afraid to say that they used to be wrong their view of nature was incomplete we love finding new things and coming up with what we think is a more complete description of nature that's the fun of it we don't take anything as an article of faith other than perhaps the existence of the laws of physics but everything else we try to understand from those laws of physics and with time we're coming to a better understanding of the laws themselves for example i said that there are four fundamental forces but in fact in high energy colliders like the large hadron

collider they're smashing particles together so much with such great force they found that the electromagnetic force what holds adams together is very similar to and in fact the same thing as what's called the weak nuclear force which is a very strange force having to do with neutrons they behave the same way when particles have very high energies so in a sense there's only three fundamental forces and there's a suspicion that the electro weak force and the strong nuclear force which is what keeps protons and neutrons together in a nucleus they might become the same force at even higher energies leaving a grand unified force and gravity. and then in the theories of everything string theory is one attempt to do this they are trying to unify this grand unified force

with gravity meaning that fundamentally there might be just one concept one force and these four forces we see in today's low energy world are simply different manifestations of one fundamental concept. that's the goal of string theory is to figure out in its most basic way how the universe works. in. wealthy british style. that's not on the title of the. markets why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy

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the headlines on syria's commercial capital aleppo has turned into the country's fiercest battleground as government forces try to reclaim the city from the rebels i mean time russia has slammed the insurgents on their western patrons believing damascus no choice but to fight on. clouding the ceremony british police take down a peaceful mass school ride and given problems to the london two thousand and twelve olympic organizers though it didn't get kicked off with an amazing opening show that jumping out of a helicopter paul mccartney of course david back and also went to. saudi arabia police down demonstrators live rounds as a pro reform protest spread from the united arab emirates is the latest outburst of violence in the country's eastern region where clashes have occurred throughout the . day i may say you know good to have you back in the studio

you know i keep getting these strange e-mails us going on in london i think there is some one or two people mentioned to me as well i think it is the thirtieth. it is only way yes that's what you're talking about i think that's all anybody was championships well that might be part of it but there's a few other things as well tell you what china already that team to count rory more right now. common degree of hobby with us if this is sports of a year on twenty four hour are to you plenty ahead today of course including all that's. on we're off the thirtieth a limping games get going with the sensational opening ceremony in london time. artistic merit our team talks with the bride of sydney. olympic champion you know

some of the log she gave us about russia's main hopes of gin up the glory this time of. stateside ball and under current link is to return to the n.b.a. star signing a two year twenty million dollars deal with the minnesota temple. but first the wait is finally over the two thousand and twelve olympic games now in full swing after a spectacular opening ceremony in london by the end of summer as they won russia could have its first medalist circe richard from port fate with more. the seven year wait is finally over for london two thousand and twelve olympic games are fish really on the way everyone was talking about the beijing olympics four years ago and what an opening ceremony that they were able to put on it that could be never be repeated again in history how the london perhaps model exceeded that opening ceremony and all things must go to director danny boyle who put on an absolutely fantastic show showing both history and culture of

a great britain has given to the world over the last few centuries always a lympics have been really long awaited by the british public it became known seven years ago london had won the right to hold the limpid games as we speak biggest sporting event ever been hosting the country some of the largest since for nine hundred sixty six world cup but of course all the attention when i return to the athletes of the two hundred nations competing at these games including a russian delegation the mind of four hundred and it was a very special moment for maria sharapova or she may be one of the world's most famous women most decorated athletes but obviously she's probably never had an experience as great as various to lead her country out i'll be lympics or she's had a fantastic year completing a grand slam before grand slams by winning a french open earlier is here but what an event it would be for her if she could claim her limpid gold which would be perhaps one of the greatest achievements of

her career the tension now does turn to the athletes and to saturday's day of competition where russia could have its first olympic medalist. so the first medals of these games will be one on saturday and russia will be among the countries trying to upset britain in the men's cycle road race it is a two hundred forty kilometer route which starts here on the mile and ends here on the mile just outside buckingham palace britain's mark cavendish is the favorite for this race he's just back from the tour de france which finished less than a week ago also when his team is the tour de france winner bradley. but russia does have a chance with denis menchov he didn't have a good tour de france by his standards but will say this is an opportunity to make amends also when his team is alexander who didn't write the tour and by virtue of that fact might have some fresh legs for upright away what also on saturday is an opportunity for russia in the judo austin will be competing in the sixty kilogram section and then in the shooting there's

a trio of russians. who will be gunning for podium places so there's a great opportunity for russia here to start the olympics well although the sports minister for russia. is urging the nation not to be too expectant on the days of these olympics which you could feel if you go on you know we have chances of claiming a few medals during the first three days shooting and fencing other best hopes and we can also win medals in the men's swimming really however we should keep in mind that the olympics starts with the sports russian not really good at it but later we will gain momentum. well let's hope he does have reasons to be cheerful early on but whatever happens i can guarantee you that if you are stood here on the mouth you will only hear voices cheering for mark cavendish although i can all say i guarantee that every other team in this race will be doing now to prevent him from delivering britain's first gold medal to the queen's door step. china has become

the first nation to strike gold in london. gunning the opposition in the women's ten metre rifle event while her compatriots added a bronze medal plenty of glee for a twenty three year old easy who lived. by seeing off two thousand in beijing gold medalist countrymen emmons among others colin sylvia who led on to lead shot but lost mental health to sell first silver so that means team china are who were of course the runaway medal table toppers at beijing two thousand and eight already off to a great all start. early doors of course but this is how the medal table looks up to the first final of the games the chinese becoming the first team since one thousand nine hundred eight to win two medals and the rifle should sit with poland the only other country to open their tally this tournament so far medals will be contested in men's are tree shooting fencing roots cycling judo swimming and lifting later today. high hopes for team russia come in the artistic gymnastics

discipline which has gotten underway in london we caught up with double olympic champion in the discipline. recently to discover her memories of sydney two thousand and her expectations for russia this time ard. i was. was you know i don't remember having any emotions jim my first olympics getting ready for it was so tough and serious that it took all of my mental and emotional strength the realisation the tight become a limp dick champion and all the emotions came about two weeks after i got back home by that time i'd had time to recover and it dawned on me wow i won the olympic gold it was my dream come true. again that's the voyage that was. given where you feel it was my first olympics my first time at the olympic village the first time i

saw famous athletes all around the ones i don't have seen on t.v. before i remember seeing triple olympic champion alexander carolyn walk right past me and i was so impressed like wow and it felt like a festival all the time despite the tight competition schedule but a little bit of a look of excitement was. what i feared many times that i was called the bride of sydney but i don't know why maybe it was because i was wearing a white leotard and won my two gold medals in it it was my lucky leotard also it could be because it was my lympics debut and it was successful right away was. it was just on the coaching is my main occupation since i finished competing i coach kids in the beginner's great piece just started doing gymnastics it's a very challenging and interesting job and i hope all become good at it i also

judge international competitions i'm very nervous when i have to do this the first time i was a judge was at the european the lympics festival and i was almost frantic probably even more than the participants themselves it's not any. easy thing to do you have to learn how to do it and get used to doing is about supporting the. government has no right to make any predictions is a really high the situation for the men because they have more competition but i still go to have every chance of winning that is the result must be very good to make you free samples. and to enjoy a come over would definitely find you turn out for the around. interesting stuff not a football where the russian premier league has reached its second game week champions and making it two wins from two with victory over they already under

pressure on saturday. nicole chris chito netting in the game is a neat essential to control from start to finish the nominees are still pointless a couple of games into this season so sick of all score currently having to make it two is on the troughs but they're currently trail of true warm cars the score currently pub law school just going in are leading by a goal while later on another side in the cup a local tafe entertain trivia salvia. basketball where russian star under current lanka has decided to return stateside the same player agreeing a deal with n.b.a. outfit minnesota the thirty one year old had spent a decade with the utah giants before heading to the russians in december last year during the n.b.a. lockout this six month spell with the army men are likely guided them to the girly front and was also in the lead and the small forward now are signing on with the timberwolves for two years and they do worth twenty million dollars minnesota

already stumped up for linkers russia team is alexy made earlier and so i american football were. starting to gain steam in the big apple last season's most talked about n.f.l. player. tim tebow making his training camp debut for the new york jets completing a few very impressive throws on friday the twenty four year old as much for his strong christian faith as per trolling mechanics making plenty of progress in the locker department tivo completing four out of five passes and team drills with his players mark sanchez is entrenched as the starting signal caller the coach rex ryan thank you plans for his versatile second string star. you can see what he looks like because two hundred fifty pounds go ahead and try to blast him if you want to because he's going to hit you back promise you that and. you know we're not just going to catch things over there he is a football player but i think when people you've got to think twice before you send

them all out to rush because this guy can fake he can throw he can run inside run outside do a lot of different things. as a sporting wrap for now i'll be back in just under four hours with more but now it's the weather here in twenty four hour.

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