In today's rant I complain that I now sound like every other YouTuber.

I’ve noticed an increasingly negative attitude of US-Americans to Europeans, and the other way round. It makes me sad because I think there’...

downward spiral In the foundations of physics, we have not seen progress since the mid 1970s when the standard model of particle physics...

Hieroglyps. [Image: Wikipedia Commons.] Two years ago, I gave a talk at the University of Toronto, at the institute for the history and...

[Foto: Michael Sentef] Another day, another lecture. This time I am in Hamburg, at DESY, Germany’s major particle physics center. My ...

[ likely image source ] A few years ago I signed up for a 10k race. It had an entry fee, it was a scenic route, and I had qualified for ...

Lego sculpture. By Nathan Sawaya. [ Image Source ] It’s not easy, getting a PhD in physics. Not only must you learn a lot, but some of...

How often can you hold up four fingers, hear a thousand people shout “five”, and not agree with them? How often can you repeat an argumen...

img src: openclipart.org Look at the history of physics, and you will find that breakthroughs come in two different types. Either observ...

R2D2 costume for toddlers. [image: amazon.com ] In recent years many prominent people have expressed worries about artificial intelli...

[Photo: Herrmann Stamm ] The clock says 3:30 am. Is that early or late? Wrapped in a blanket I go into the living room. I open the doo...

Among the more peculiar side-effects of publishing a book are the many people who suddenly recall we once met. There are weird fellows ...

Nothing is moving in the foundations of physics. One experiment after the other is returning null results : No new particles, no new...

When I write about problems with the current organization of scientific research, I like to explain that science is a self-organizing, adapt...

Taking a selfie with a book on your face is more difficult than you may think. I had breakfast with John The-End-Of-Science-Horgan two w...