Category: Comics

• Star Trek, quantum mechanics, and the meaning of being human (kinda)

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The trouble with teleportation Quantum teleportation is a really fascinating area of research, but it’s hampered by the name, which evokes Star Trek. The reality is trickier, and why…

  Matthew R. Francis

  October 9, 2017

  Comics

  quantum entanglement, quantum teleportation, Star Trek

• The many challenges to science in the Age of Trump

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Science is Political Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise. One of the big problems with privilege is the way it insulates the privileged from issues that are blatantly obvious to…

  Matthew R. Francis

  March 14, 2017

  Comics

  climate change, diversity in science, Donald Trump, politics

• Does thinking we live in a simulation say bad things about us?

  [ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] I’m obviously a science writer by profession. However, I’m also a lifelong comics fan, starting from reading Peanuts before I got the jokes, continuing through He-Man and the Masters of…

  Matthew R. Francis

  December 6, 2016

  Comics

  Elon Musk, simulation hypothesis, simulations, social justice