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I believe deeply that science is one of the world’s great spectator sports, and should be a source of joy and excitement for every human being.

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An awe-inspiring journey from relativity to the Higgs field, showing how the universe creates everything from what seems like nothing at all.

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As many of you are no doubt aware, in the past few days the US Congress voted to make major cuts to scientific research, and the president signed the bill. The government’s National Science Foundation has been cut by more than half, which means that its actual science budget has been cut by much more […]

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ON 07/07/2025

The United States’ government is waging an all-out assault on Harvard University. The strategy, so far, has been: The grounds for this war is that Harvard allegedly does not provide a safe environment for its Jewish students, and that Harvard refuses to let the government determine who it may and may not hire. Now, maybe […]

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ON 05/23/2025

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