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2022 was the year of the multiverse — but it has a 2000-year history (The Washington Post)

The concept of parallel universes has dominated pop culture this year, but its strange and convoluted history goes back millennia.

“There’s a property called linearity in the equations. In Everett’s day, as Wallace put it, physicists devised “a fudge” to explain the quantum measurement problem: “The equations of quantum mechanics only apply when no one’s looking.” As Wallace said: “Probably most of the multiverse has non-human, non-hominid, God-knows-what creatures!” Ironically, it was a bishop who in 1277 plucked the multiverse out of the dustbin of history. His theory was rediscovered in the ’70s by physicist Bryce DeWitt and later found devotees at Oxford. But the multiverse bombed in the ancient marketplace of ideas. In other words, as the physicist sees the particle, he gets instantly cloned. It isn’t because the laws of quantum mechanics suddenly change. Centuries later, a Roman scholar, Lucretius, took the idea and ran with it, [writing that](https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cYwZAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA93&ots=TQcLlcerqq&dq=there%20are%20other%20orbs%20of%20earth%20in%20other%20regions%20of%20space%2C%20and%20various%20races%20of%20men%20and%20generations%20of%20beasts&pg=PA93#v=onepage&q&f=false) “there are other orbs of earth in other regions of space, and various races of men and generations of beasts.” [a biography by Peter Byrne](https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-many-worlds-of-hugh-everett-iii-9780199659241?cc=us&lang=en&), in 1953 Everett started his PhD at Princeton, with a focus on quantum mechanics, or how particles behave at the microscopic level. But when physicists use machines to detect a particle, they see it in only one location — a conundrum known as the quantum measurement problem. [Everything Everywhere All At Once](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxN1T1uxQ2g),” a critically acclaimed thriller about a woman with the power to access parallel realities.

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Photos of the Year 2022 - Part 2 (Voice of America)

1 France's driver Guerlain Chicherit and co-driver Alex Winocq crash their buggy during Stage 4 of the Dakar 2022 between al-Qaysumah and Riyadh in Saudi ...

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Year-End Listener Mailbag: Your 2022 Questions, Part 2 (The New York Times)

Answering reader queries about the state of the music video, Morgan Wallen, SZA and Ethel Cain and more.

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Six murder cases which happened in 2022 (The Straits Times)

SINGAPORE – Six people were charged with murder in 2022, including two in November, in a year which saw a dip in family violence cases. These are the cases.

The same friend added that Ms Francis had revealed she was pregnant. The Straits Times previously reported that Ms Ang had gone missing on Nov 9, prompting pleas from friends and family for information on her whereabouts. [David Brian Chow Kwok-Hun, 33, was charged with killing his wife,](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/man-charged-with-murder-of-wife-friend-says-woman-told-her-she-was-pregnant) Ms Isabel Elizabeth Francis, at a flat in Ang Mo Kio Street 23. [has been charged with two counts of murder.](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/twins-found-dead-in-upper-bukit-timah-canal-father-handed-second-murder-charge) [Tan Qiu Yan, 31, is charged with killing her father,](https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-charged-with-murder-of-her-father-in-sengkang) who was 67, in their home in Sengkang. These are the cases.

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What were the top 10 most read China economy stories of 2022? (South China Morning Post)

A story looking at a number of Chinese cities screening imported food for coronavirus took centre stage at the top of a list of the most read economy ...

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Women's Swimming Falls to #25 Amherst in 2022 Finale (Union College Athletics)

SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College women's swimming and diving team closed out the 2022 calendar year on Saturday afternoon against CSCAA #25 Amherst College ...

in Oneonta. both finished the year with season-bests. [Julianna Lisi](/sports/womens-swimming-and-diving/roster/julianna-lisi/16397)

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Market misery deals sovereign wealth funds historic setback in 2022 ... (Reuters)

Heavy falls in stock and bond markets over the last year have cut the combined value of the world's sovereign wealth and public pension funds for the first ...

"These are paper losses and some of the funds will not see them realized in their role as long-term investors," López said. Over half of that was piled into real estate with a clear bias towards logistics properties. It came as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine boosted commodity prices and drove already-rising inflation rates to 40-year highs. Federal reserve and other major central banks jacked up their interest rates causing a global market Register for free to Reuters and know the full story LONDON, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Heavy falls in stock and bond markets over the last year have cut the combined value of the world's sovereign wealth and public pension funds for the first time ever - and to the tune of $2.2 trillion, an annual study of the sector has estimated.

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The U.S. Treasury market just suffered its worst-ever annual loss in ... (Fortune)

For 2023, many strategists expect Treasuries to extend the rally heading into the new year.

The five-year premium over the 30-year rate at one point reached as much as 46.8 basis points. - Sept. Yields peaked in October or November, then retreated as inflation gauges began to show moderation and Fed officials slowed the pace of policy tightening. 7, before ending the year at around 56 basis points. - Feb. The inversion of the two- to 10-year curve hit as much as 85.2 basis points on Dec.

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