Symmetries in particle physics
An explanation of internal symmetries in particle physics without mathematics, using my own face, a mirror, and a simple graph.
10 things similarly priced to the Future Circular Collider
The Future Circular Collider (FCC) is estimated to cost $10 billion. How much money is that actually? The QM compares 10 similarly priced things.
Particles for Justice: the HEP-19
How 19 authors united behind #ParticlesforJustice and I made many new friends.
Women in physics: seven comments for Alessandro Strumia
Graham comments on the barriers for women in physics, behind the numbers presented by CERN physicist Alessandro Strumia at a gender workshop last week.
On self-promotion and gender
My colleague Graham did a small study and found a significant correlation between self-citations and gender.
We stand on the shoulders of very friendly people
In light of my first (co-)supervision experiences, I reflect on the importance of patient and supportive mentorship in my own scientific career.
Doomsday Scenarios: False Vacuum Decay
In the first of the physics doomsday series: false vacuum decay, what it is, what it means for humankind, and how worried we should be.
About a singular man
The great physicist and mathematician Stephen Hawking past away today. Sonali reflects on her interactions with this singular man.
On Love and Gravity
In this first guest blog, Sonali Mohapatra describes how gravity and Black Holes inspire her as a physicist and a poet.
Brilliant physicists make bad businessmen
Brilliant at math, yet terrible at business: in this post I examine how Einstein, Newton, and Tesla’s lost vast sums of money at the stock market.