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"There will be a last sentient being, there will be a last thought," a cosmologist says in a new documentary. The NYT asks whether it's too soon to start freaking out.

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"There will be a last sentient being, there will be a last thought," a cosmologist says in a new documentary. The NYT asks whether it's too soon to start freaking out.

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Who will have the last word on the Universe?

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Who will have the last word on the Universe?

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