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.
More evidence for the superiority of cats
Unsurprisingly, our feline friends have had to assist humans in our clumsy explorations of nature: here further evidence for such interventions.
Making Gravitational Waves with a Dark Force
What are gravitational waves? What is Dark Matter? Can we learn about Dark Matter using gravitational waves? Exciting times ahead.
Cosmology with Cruijff
Johan Cruijff, the legendary Dutch football player and coach, knew a thing or two about science!
Gender equality – Key challenges in the classroom
Why is there such gender-inequality in the sciences? And what can we do about it? Here some reflections on science education and pop culture.
The Quantum Solar Cell
In this collaborative post, we give an example of an application of quantum mechanics in renewable energy is quantum dotted solar cells.
A Peering Review of Peer review
What is peer review, and what is the scientific method? Does it work in the way that it is supposed to? Has it always been like that. This post reflects on the process and politics of scientific research.
About “chicks in the sciences” [1]
A feminist account of the world of theoretical physics including my favourite youtube video of all times.
Black Holes: Bald or Hairy?
As a female theoretical physicist, I often wonder: if I were a black hole, what hairdo would I choose? Amusingly enough, some of the brightest minds in my field cannot work it out, and therefore jury is still out: bald, hairy, or with a wig, perhaps?