Of Particular Significance

Conversations About Science with Theoretical Physicist Matt Strassler

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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It’s been quite a week… Spectacular northern lights for hours on Thursday night. A great comet in the evening skies (though so far I’ve have only caught glimpses, thanks to atrocious viewing conditions.) And now, I’m at CERN (the pan-European particle physics laboratory) for the first time since the pandemic began. I’ll be giving a […]

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ON 10/14/2024

I hope many of you saw auroras (northern lights) last night! I briefly saw the strongest steady red glow I myself have ever observed, visible even amid street lights and my neighbors’ house lights. Then, after a break as some clouds rolled in, we were graced with a few hours of mostly diffuse green glow […]

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ON 10/11/2024

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