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@nattyover

Physics writer and editor . I have a Klein bottle that contains the universe.

New York, New York
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Joined May 2010
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    Jul 20

    I'm excited to tell the story of intriguing links between particle physics and peculiar numbers called octonions, and the physicist who has been finding them:

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    8 hours ago

    Tinkey-toy models can teach us surprising amounts about complex geometric shapes. My new story for on the upstart mathematical field of 'tropical geometry.'

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  3. Sep 4

    There are so many fair-minded people in our society. And yet this man who is "both a bad judge and a bad person," as convincingly argues in , is up for Supreme Court justice today. How absurd.

    here's our comprehensive primer on why Brett Kavanaugh is terrible
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  4. Sep 3

    At any time, ≥ 0.2% of my brain is occupied with yearning for Hilary Mantel to finish the third book in the Cromwell trilogy

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    Aug 30

    Some really fascinating science here.

    Discolored patches of wall or ground that look like shadows are often actually faint images of what's behind us or around a corner. Computer vision scientists have found ways of pulling these images out. My new story might give you the heebie-jeebies:
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  6. Aug 30

    Discolored patches of wall or ground that look like shadows are often actually faint images of what's behind us or around a corner. Computer vision scientists have found ways of pulling these images out. My new story might give you the heebie-jeebies:

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    Aug 28

    My next feature is out as part of Gizmodo's feud week, about the one-sided debate between particle dark matter and MOND and some of the anger that's come out of it:

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  8. Aug 27

    Interesting column by about the growing use of simulation in physics. She touches on some fascinating philosophical questions about whether/how we can understand the universe by analogy, which I also explored here:

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  9. Aug 25

    A non-update: 5 yrs later, Hugh Woodin is still hard at work on his proof of the existence of Ultimate L, conjectured to be the complete universe of infinite sets. For now we wait.

    From the archives: To determine the nature of infinity, mathematicians face a choice between two new logical axioms. What they decide could help shape the future of mathematical truth.
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    Aug 18

    Beautiful Pendulum effect

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  11. Aug 18

    How amazing is it that cells, by multiplying, are somehow able to build out topologically nontrivial structures? “Pelvis II” by Georgia O’Keeffe, photo by The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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    Aug 14

    Get a coffee and a snack, this thread is wild

    1/ Who wants to hear some scientific intrigue? A few weeks ago, a group of physical chemists posted a paper online announcing the observation of superconductivity at room temperature. Today I posted a comment pointing out something funny in their data.
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    Aug 13

    A conjecture presented in a hotly debated new paper suggests that some of the largest ideas about the makeup of our universe may be in conflict with one another. reports:

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    Aug 10

    Dark Energy May Be Incompatible With String Theory - very exciting story by in

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  15. Aug 9

    My story on a huge controversy that has erupted among string theorists over the last few weeks. Is our universe in string theory's "swampland" of impossible universes?

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  16. Aug 8

    Today in the patriarchy is real

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    Aug 1

    . brings you 3,000-word profiles of all four Fields medalists. Reported by math writer extraordinaires and .

    Peter Scholze, a 30-year-old wunderkind with a brilliant ability to see deep connections between number theory and geometry, has been awarded a 2018 Fields Medal.
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  18. Jul 31

    Major quantum computing advance made obsolete by a teenager. Good story by :

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  19. Jul 31

    My partner has read a lot of crap I’ve written about black holes over the years, but when I mentioned last night that black holes are spheres, it blew her mind, so for anyone else who I forgot to point that out to: They’re spheres. You’re welcome.

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    Jul 30

    A Math Theory for Why We Hallucinate: Psychedelic drugs can trigger characteristic hallucinations, which have long been thought to hold clues about the brain’s circuitry. Now a possible explanation is crystallizing. My latest for

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    Jul 27

    This is soo much better than that New York Times map making the rounds. Instead of filling in entire precincts with blue or red, it uses dots to represent each vote, accounting for population density.

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