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2024-03-29 19:31:51

📚🔭 I'm about to be on Science Friday talking about the end of the Universe! The interview (which was recorded in 2020) airs in about 10 minutes, around 3:40pm Eastern. And my book is the SciFri Book Club pick for April! More info / listen here: https://www.sciencefriday.com/sf-books/the-end-of-everything/

2024-03-26 18:00:53

Chandra, the space-based observatory that brings us incredible x-ray images of the most extreme environments in the cosmos, is at risk of cancellation. It’ll be a huge loss to astronomy if the mission ends prematurely for budget reasons. Go to https://www.savechandra.org/ to find out how to help #SaveChandra
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2023-09-30 12:50:02

Have you heard about JWST seeing galaxies that shouldn’t exist? There’s more to that story!
My latest for BBC Science Focus: https://www.sciencefocus.com/comment/james-webb-space-telescope-ancient-galaxies

2023-09-28 23:28:11

The September edition of my newsletter, WATCH THIS SPACETIME, is out now! 🎉
Featuring: Aliens! Quantum superposition! Airplane physics! And more!
https://mackkatie.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=c9f0f895fb98ab9159f51fd0297e236d.9&s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011

2023-08-17 20:48:26

The first edition of my new ✨NEWSLETTER✨ went out today! 🎉 Check it out here: https://mackkatie.activehosted.com/index.php?action=social&chash=8f14e45fceea167a5a36dedd4bea2543.8&s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011
Topics: Standard Model-muddling muons, gravitational waves, weird airplane physics, & more
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2023-08-16 21:49:44

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First issue includes links to some cool sciencey stuff I’ve written, brief musings on weird airplane physics, and many words about allegedly misbehaving muons ⚛️

2023-08-16 21:48:40

The first issue of my new
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2023-08-02 15:44:14

The latest #Quantum101 video is out! This one is about Quantum Entanglement (and why you can’t use it to send faster-than-light messages) https://youtu.be/rqmIVeheTVU

2023-07-11 17:45:21

The second episode of #Quantum101 is out now! In case you ever wondered what ✨quantum✨ even means: https://youtu.be/bChNhy1prD4 Episode 2: Quantization
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2023-07-07 01:41:33

"The monstrous denizens of the intergalactic deep reveal themselves not through the light they emit, but by how they stir the space-time we share. When a gravitational wave moves through you, you are, for a moment, a different shape.” By me, in the Washington Post:
https://wapo.st/3PLNyoi

2023-07-05 03:21:56

I'm SUPER EXCITED to share with you this series of quantum physics explainer videos I produced with the Perimeter Institute! Check out Episode 1: Wave Particle Duality now ➡️ https://youtu.be/DfQH3o6dKss Subscribe the channel to catch each episode as it’s released! #Quantum101

2023-05-31 10:07:23

When you walk into the ladies’ room and discover that your hotel is part of the Hilbert franchise
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2023-04-28 16:42:11

This article I wrote explaining Schrödinger’s Cat is in a delicate superposition of informative and unhelpful up until the moment you collapse the wave function by clicking this link: https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/schrodingers-cat-thought-experiment-baffle-inspire-physicists/

2023-04-21 01:30:33

I have spent the last two weeks in conferences with other science communicators and the general consensus in discussions was that (1) Twitter is dying and (2) it’s not clear what will replace it. (And not much enthusiasm about Mastodon, it seems.)