Category: Symmetry Magazine
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Sizing up the weirdest objects in the universe
[ 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 big is a neutron star? Astrophysicists are combining multiple methods to reveal the secrets of some of the weirdest objects in the universe. For Symmetry Magazine: Neutron stars…
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Why falsifiability is a false guide to what is and isn’t science
I had a liberal arts education, which means that I mostly use what I learned to post nonsense on Twitter. However, thanks to my advisor, I got a solid grounding in the philosophy of science. While I’m certainly no philosopher myself, I also (hopefully) have a less simplistic view of how science works and doesn’t…
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The weird new physics of neutrinos
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Already beyond the Standard Model We already know neutrinos break the mold of the Standard Model. The question is: By how much? For Symmetry Magazine: Tested and verified with…
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When testing gravity, no news is good news
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Looking for nothing to test gravity When they look for violations of Einstein’s general relativity, physicists deliberately plan experiments to find nothing at all. For Symmetry Magazine: In 1887,…
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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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Confused about the Big Bang? Start here
[ 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 Big Bang is the central concept in cosmology — the study of the whole universe — but it can be confusing to a lot of people. In fact,…
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Information ain’t no good if you can’t get to it
[ 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 most important website in particle physics The first website to be hosted in the US has grown to be an invaluable hub for open science For Symmetry Magazine:…
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The lowdown on the highest energy light
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Incredible hulking facts about gamma rays From lightning to the death of electrons, the highest-energy form of light is everywhere For Symmetry Magazine: Gamma rays are the most energetic…
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The search for a “theory of everything”
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] All four one and one for all A theory of everything would unite the four forces of nature, but is such a thing possible? For Symmetry Magazine: Over the…
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