Science writer and editor with credits at NY Times, Washington Post, National Geographic, Nature, etc.
New York, NY
Joined June 2012
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To celebrate #PiDay, here's a piano tune I wrote using pi: created by mapping the digits onto the notes of a scale. A testament to the brain's ability to find patterns in arbitrariness, it's called "LullaPi." Happy #piDay2023 ! bit.ly/3lguP7q
Google's quantum computer up to 9 qubits. Aims to beat supercomputer. Martinis: "Quantum supremacy should be possible if we scale" #apsmarch
New gravity theory that banishes dark matter put to first test. Passes. But many more tests await. arxiv.org/abs/1612.03034 @erikverlinde
Signs of water in the #atmosphere of hot Venus-like Earth-sized #exoplanet #GJ1132b? Or methane? bit.ly/2hcYyLd
Hunts for invisible #DarkMatter (thought to be 27% of universe) keep coming up empty. Latest in China: bit.ly/2geWxd4 #PandaX-II
Like the butterfly flapping its wings, chaos in the deep ocean drives world's currents. ow.ly/YOcxK. @naturenews
World's little penguin in big trouble. Do your best Dick Van Dyke impression then get sad. @NatGeo #OSM16 ow.ly/YIBb2
Suspicions confirmed! RT @em_underwood FTC dings Luminosity $2 million for deceptive brain training advertisements: bit.ly/1Z5kUJG
At times by accident: bit.ly/1kf4K2R RT @alexwitze "Then we inject a fake planet" #thingsactualscientistssay #aas227
Bet for 2016: LHC particle hint (bit.ly/1k3z2VW @ClaraMoskowitz) doesn't pan out. Takers for $50?
For all you lefties out there ... say hi to a kangaroo today: smithsonianmag.com/science-n…
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In symbolic blow, native Hawaiian panel withdraws support for world's largest telescope bit.ly/1GKKnkD ow.ly/i/aBWH7
