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I wasn't allowed to post my latest quantum computing joke. Was told it violated the no-clowning theorem

10.10.2025 05:13 — 👍 53    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

Droplet Outbursts from Onion Cutting Cutting onions often leads to tear-inducing aerosol release in kitchen, yet the underlying mechanics of droplet generation remain poorly understood. In this work, we combine custom-developed high-spee...

What's not to love about this very high-tech analysis showing that if you use sharper knives to cut onions, you might cry less.
www.arxiv.org/abs/2505.06016

12.05.2025 13:14 — 👍 59    🔁 5    💬 4    📌 2

the sun is shining brightly in the sky behind the clouds ALT: the sun is shining brightly in the sky behind the clouds

03.05.2025 12:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The atomic spectral lines in this app come from the NIST atomic spectroscopy group, which has provided the world with spectroscopic measurements for 120 years.

Today we got word that the federal government is laying off the entire group. 🔭🧪

19.03.2025 17:26 — 👍 209    🔁 141    💬 11    📌 13

This is awful! I can't believe people are still behaving this way, like what year is it?? I feel fortunate that everyone was really friendly during my entire education experience. I only ever had one very inappropriate comment from a guy at a work social event (who I then threatened to punch).

11.03.2025 04:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This must be how the Microsoft paper got through.

05.03.2025 10:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Exploring CERN: Physics World visits the world’s leading particle-physics lab – Physics World Margaret Harris reports back about LHC upgrades, antimatter advances and future colliders

I was on the @physicsworld.bsky.social podcast last week talking about my visit to CERN earlier this year. You can listen to me enthuse about it here physicsworld.com/a/exploring-... but if you're more into photos and vibes, this thread has you covered. 1/n 🧪⚛️

03.03.2025 11:37 — 👍 36    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

Photo of a beach. There are kids in kayaks in the water. It's sunny with some very high cloud.

Maybe the last nice weekend of the summer, maybe not

03.03.2025 10:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

First post, I guess.

08.01.2025 23:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0