Clik here to view.
Was the Big Bang actually the beginning?
The big question is what’s inside the box? Is it the mushroom of true knowledge that makes us grow? Or is it a coin of incremental data that buys us a little more time before the Goombah of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On the multiverse, metaphysics, and meaning
I don’t spent a lot of time thinking about the multiverse: the possible existence of regions of the cosmos that have never been connected to ours at any time, and may never be in the future. That’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New data offer a peek into the Universe’s first instants
The BICEP2 telescope (foreground) with the South Pole Telescope (SPT) behind. [Credit: Steffen Richter (Harvard University)]Today was an exciting and stimulating day: the BICEP2 collaboration announced...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Daily Beast’s latest astronomy columnist is…me!
Now it can be told: I will be writing a weekly post for The Daily Beast (making me The Weekly Beast?), on space, astronomy, and such things. My first column is about inflation, and why it’s a big deal:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Listening to the sounds of the cosmos
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Last year, I went to a conference in Florida to hear — and in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
BICEP3: Revenge of the telescope
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Dusting for the fingerprint of inflation with BICEP3 A new...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The search for magnetic monopoles, the truest north
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] The hunt for the truest north Many theories predict the...
View ArticleWhy physicists hate time
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] Wait a second: What came before the big bang? Not everyone...
View ArticleWhy falsifiability is a false guide to what is and isn’t science
I had a liberal arts education, which means that I mostly use what I learned to post nonsense on Twitter. However, thanks to my advisor, I got a solid grounding in the philosophy of science. While I’m...
View ArticleThe world … er, the universe is flat!
[ This blog is dedicated to tracking my most recent publications. Subscribe to the feed to keep up with all the science stories I write! ] What’s the Shape of the Universe? A New Study Is Sparking...
View Article