Hope for a New Particle Fizzles at the LHC
A curious signal of a potentially revolutionary new particle detected last year turned out to be a fluke
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Just How Resilient Is Spacetime?
A hundred years on, and the implications of Einstein's general relativity still surprise and delight
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100 Years of Great Physics: Watch Live Monday and Tuesday [Video]
General relativity and Noether’s theorem take center stage in two live Web broadcasts this week
Neil deGrasse Tyson at 85% the Speed of Light
This video made me laugh harder than anything I’ve seen in a long time. Okay, except for some Louis CK videos. But for a non-comedian (allegedly)… this is hard to beat.
Krugman’s Theory of Interstellar Trade
Everyone needs a little light relief sometimes, including the Nobel winning economist and writer/blogger extraordinaire Paul Krugman. A few months back he reminded the world of a short paper he’d written some years ago on the rather unexpected topic of interstellar finance.
