NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on March 18, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2015/03/18/csi-picasso-x-rays-reveal-the-masters-materials/ Every field has its raging debates among impassioned experts, …
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NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on March 6, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2015/03/06/the-physics-of-diving-gannets-bird-navigation-and-speedy-tiger-beetles Jen-Luc Piquant was at the APS March Meeting in …
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NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on February 13, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2015/02/13/what-does-it-take-to-change-a-mind-a-phase-transition/ This week’s Virtually Speaking Science episode featured yours truly …
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NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on December 31, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2014/12/31/my-favorite-physics-books-of-2014/ Sneaking in at the last couple of hours of …
NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on December 16, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2014/12/16/best-physics-videos-of-2014/ It’s that time of year, when we all look …
NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on December 17, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2014/12/17/celebrating-the-silly-and-sublime-the-best-physics-papers-of-2014/ It’s tradition for various science media outlets to publish …
NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on December 2, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2014/12/02/explore-magical-dimensions-with-matt-parker/ Should you happen to live in the United Kingdom, …
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NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on November 10, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2014/11/10/nobel-vintage-fundamental-physics-prize-co-winner-sells-no-wine-before-its-time Last night the winners of the 2015 Breakthrough Prizes …
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NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on October 4, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2014/10/04/physics-and-the-human-factor-a-qa-with-the-writers-on-manhattan There are just three episodes left for Season 1 …
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NOTE: This post originally appeared on Scientific American’s blog network on September 21, 2014. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/2014/09/21/science-friction-the-physics-of-curling Last Friday I joined a contingent of Caltech physicists …
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