Category: Writing for Other Sites
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Guardians of the Galaxy…er, black holes vol. 3
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Part 3 of my 4-part series on black holes for Medium members is up; part 1 is here and part 2 is here. If enough of you read, they may…
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The Care and Feeding of Black Holes
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Part 2 of my 4-part series on black holes for Medium members is up; you can read part 1 here. If enough of you read, they may keep me…
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My new series on black holes!
[ 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’ve just started a new series on black holes for Medium members. The first part is available now, with three more parts to come. And if enough of you…
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City ant, country ant, and climate change
[ 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 know, I know: it’s been a long time since I last had something published. This is largely because I took a little time off to finish my novel.…
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How loud is a rock in a Mars rover wheel?
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] How does sound travel on Mars? The Curiosity rover is scraping a rock along in its wheels, but what would that actually sound like to our ears? For Astronomy…
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Evolution, entropy, and beards
[ 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 Hidden Connections Between Darwin and the Physicist Who Championed Entropy These magnificently bearded men both introduced a dose of randomness and irreversibility into the universe For Smithsonian Magazine:…
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Forging dark matter in the Big Bang
[ 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 origins of dark matter Theorists think dark matter was forged in the hot aftermath of the Big Bang For Symmetry Magazine: Transitions are everywhere we look. Water freezes,…
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The search for magnetic monopoles, the truest north
[ 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 hunt for the truest north Many theories predict the existence of magnetic monopoles, but experiments have yet to see them For Symmetry Magazine: If you chop a magnet…
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There (to an asteroid) and back again: a robot’s journey
[ 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 Thursday, the OSIRIS-REx robotic probe will launch from Cape Canaveral in Florida, destined for asteroid Bennu. I can’t ride with the probe, but I’m doing the next best…
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