Never underestimate the professional benefits of having a good nemesis.
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Never underestimate the professional benefits of having a good nemesis.
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Thank you!
When a scientific field goes rotten — really rotten!
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It’s very long. They might need an AI summary.
Could it be that my stories have reached a new level of emotional maturity and thematic sophistication?
No, not really…
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The best thing about switching off email over Christmas is opening it again in January and doing a great big delete all.
Everyone I’ve shown this asks, “How did you know what my office was like!?”
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Oh boy! I may have to schedule a return trip to NZ just to see it!
Latest thrilling — and in some ways terrifying — instalment of The Fictional Aether.
That’s right, we’re going to London!
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.
Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
I just listened to the podcast and thought, “There can’t possibly be two TV science advisors with the same name!”
I hope all is well with you, even if you’re not playing with centrifuges!
Bluetorial-Jim Watson
I met Jim Watson a few times but did not know him well. However, I was greatly influenced by his book “The Double Helix”. He was a complicated human being with some very, very bad features, but some good contributions.
What follows is my personal perspective.
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My latest, on reasons to read The Power Broker, and some things that might help you do it.
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I would expect that’s the one book I stubbornly would NOT have read…
A photo of the Matterhorn rising above an Alpine landscape. The colours are a little washed out, but do not appear artificially tinted
Ahead of tomorrow’s #NobelPrize announcement, I went on a deep dive in search of the most obscure physics Nobel Prizes in history. That means it's time for a thread on...🧵
PHYSICS NOBEL PRIZES YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF – PART 1
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In which I valiantly defend my artistic freedom and, of course, freedom of speech.
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In which I valiantly defend my artistic freedom and, of course, freedom of speech.
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Obviously it’s extreme-mass-ratio inspiral. The words connected by the hyphens are the adjective for “inspiral”.
Shocking that anyone would say otherwise.
* ok, 85%
Already several comments on this line.
All I can say is, “Wow, you made it all the way* through the piece!”
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How Good Will Hunting helped me to find my dream postdoc…
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But ok, at least he wasn’t boring…
I recently re-read the DFW piece. I remember thinking it was great, but this time around he came across as a bit disturbed. Probably he shouldn’t have gone a cruise alone…
Poor performance. We really need to up our game.
Gotta keep them honest!
Me on the radio, taking massive black holes crashing into each other.
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Our collaboration member Mark Hannam @markdhannam.bsky.social shares his insights on working on our latest discover, the particularly tricky gravitational-wave signal #GW231123
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That must have made his day!
