Why this ASTROSAT instrument could be a game-changer for high-energy astrophysics
Between them, NASA’s Swift and NuSTAR telescopes have a blindspot that the CZTI instrument can efficiently bridge
Month: November 2015
A new dawn for particle accelerators in the wake
A discussion of what updates in experimental particle physics are allowing accelerators to get smaller
Is the universe as we know it stable?
The anthropic principle has been a cornerstone of fundamental physics, being used by some physicists to console themselves about why the universe is the way it is: tightly sandwiched between two dangerous states. If the laws and equations that define it had slipped during its formation just one way or the other in their properties, … Read more
An app for dissent in the 21st century
“Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.” These words belong to the French philosopher Albert Camus, from his essay The Rebel (1951). The persistence of that appeal is rooted in our ease of access to it – as the holders of rights, as participants of democracies, as able workers, as … Read more