Defending against high-frequency attacks
It was the summer of 2008. I was 22 years old, and it was my second week working in the crude oil and natural gas options pit at the New [...]
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Reading the sub(linear) text
Physicists are not known for finesse. “Even if it cost us our funding,” I’ve heard a physicist declare, “we’d tell you what we think.” Little wonder I irked the porter [...]
An intellectual tornado
Hello?… The first thing I remember feeling moments later was panic. Five years before that day, I was a graduating senior at MIT pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics [...]
Much more than Lasers and Mirrors
I have been teaching Chemistry, Physics and Earth Science for twenty five years now, the last fourteen at Duarte High School. I have always emphasized laboratories, focusing on the scientific [...]
Hsieh work on novel phase of matter featured in Nature Physics
Four different types of RA-SHG patterns found by performing local measurements within all of the domains mapped in Fig. 2b. Red lines are fits to the expressions described in [...]
Ten reasons why black holes exist
I spent the past two weeks profoundly confused. I've been trying to get up to speed on this firewall business and I wanted to understand the picture below. Much confuse. [...]
How to build a teleportation machine: Intro to entanglement
Oh my, I ate the whole thing again. Are physicists eligible for Ben and Jerry’s sponsorships? I’m not sure what covers more ground when I go for [...]
What’s inside a black hole?
I have a multiple choice question for you. What's inside a black hole? (A) An unlimited amount of stuff. (B) Nothing at all. (C) A huge but finite amount of [...]
Talking quantum mechanics with second graders
“What’s the hardest problem you’ve ever solved?” Kids focus right in. Driven by a ruthless curiosity, they ask questions from which adults often shy away. Which is great, if you [...]
A detective with a quantum helper
Have you ever wanted to be incredibly perceptive and make far-reaching deductions about people? I have always been fascinated by spy stories, and how the main character in them notices [...]