CDF: Four Decades Of Stretching The SM

CDF: Four Decades Of Stretching The SM

The Collider Detector at Fermilab, CDF for insiders, is the longest lasting physics experiment ever (yes, I know about the pitch drop and no, I do not consider that a physics experiment). Designed in…
A Joint Review Of Kerry Cohen's Seeing Ezra

A Joint Review Of Kerry Cohen's Seeing Ezra

Cowritten by Kim Wombles and Kathleen Leopold Kathleen Leopold and I have been blogging buddies for over two years now, working on various projects together, struggling to figure out our places in…
Epigenetic Code Evolves Rapidly

Epigenetic Code Evolves Rapidly

Recently, a lot of attention has gone to epigenetics, or heritable changes in gene expression caused by mechanisms other than changes in DNA sequence. An example of such a mechanism is DNA…
Doomsday Comet Elenin Goes Out With A Whimper

Doomsday Comet Elenin Goes Out With A Whimper

2012 is coming and, with it, kooky end-of-the-world fables.  If the Asgardian calendar and its earthquakes doesn't get us, maybe the Mayans will.  Some people even like to combine Doomsday…
Creativity Can't Catch A Break

Creativity Can't Catch A Break

We've all met people who ask what college we went to - it's a silly question, the first time it happens (well, if you are out of college anyway) but soon you learn it is simply a segue for the…