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Inlagd av: Hossenfelder
Posted On: Jul 7, 2008
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With the start of the Large Hadron Collider coming closer, the topic is present in the media more than ever. A commonly used motivation is the alleged recreation of the Big Bang (see illustration to the right). Peter Woit recently mentioned that Martinus Veltman, winner of the '99...... [view]
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Inlagd av: Hossenfelder
Posted On: Jul 11, 2008
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The recent issue of Science has an article about Interactions with the Mass Media Science 11 July 2008, Vol. 321. no. 5886, pp. 204 - 205 which summarizes the result of a survey of 1354 researchers in the United States, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, and France. The results show that...... [view]
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Inlagd av: Hossenfelder
Posted On: Jul 13, 2008
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Last week, I was talking to a string theorist. We were talking about black holes at the LHC , but I am admittedly presently somewhat tired of the topic. So, since I will be on the market again this fall, I asked how the job situation presently looks like for string theorists. Not good, he...... [view]
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Inlagd av: Hossenfelder
Posted On: Jul 14, 2008
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The UK has its Royal Society , France the Institut de France with its Académie des sciences , Italy has the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei , and the US the The National Academies with the National Academy of Sciences , which bring together committees of experts in all areas of...... [view]
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Inlagd av: Hossenfelder
Posted On: Jul 23, 2008
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Is there life after CERN? Will a black hole swallow the earth? Such titled PM magazine in its July issue that my husband bought and kindly showed to me upon my arrival in Germany. He means well, I should add, my blood pressure is often too low, especially after long-distance flights, and in such...... [view]
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Inlagd av: Hossenfelder
Posted On: Jul 26, 2008
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Some weeks ago, David from bloggingheads.tv asked whether I'd be interested in contributing to their program by chatting with Peter Woit . During the last years, I found that Peter and I, we share some interests when it comes to the problems of the current academic system, the role of the...... [view]
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Inlagd av: Hossenfelder
Posted On: Jul 29, 2008
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The New York Times has an interesting article about communicating science to the public Climate Experts Tussle Over Details. Public Gets Whiplash. By Andrew C. Revkin Though the article is mostly about the presentation of climate change and health issues, the points raised are more...... [view]
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