Category: Popular Science
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R0, mortality rate, and all that: the science of how disease spreads
[ 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 science of how diseases spread How epidemiology puts the COVID-19 virus in perspective. For Popular Science: Scientists, medical professionals, and governments around the world are working to understand…
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You won’t be traveling by quantum teleportation
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] This article appeared in the spring print issue of Popular Science, but has also been published online. Quantum teleportation is real, but it’s not what you think A commute…
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Squeezing light to detect more gravitational waves
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] This article appeared in the fall print issue of Popular Science, but I missed that this article had also been published online. Something called ‘squeezed light’ is about to…
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Why physicists hate time
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Wait a second: What came before the big bang? Not everyone thinks the universe had a beginning. This story originally appeared in the print edition of the September issue…
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