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Cats are an important part of our life. They are always getting into trouble. This ornament says that beautifully.

Cats will play

Welcome to this short tour of our Christmas tree. This bulb is from our first Christmas as spouses. We got it on our honeymoon in Door County, Wisconsin.

Our first Christmas

It is a difficult time. I hope that, in this season of birth, rebirth, and salvation, the people of this world can put aside their many grievances and find light, hope, and peace.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

Fall in Texas is beautiful, but fleeting. This fall has been sandwiched between two freezes, the next one about to begin tonight. It is hard to recognize seasons any more, in the long sunrise of climate change. But there are still fleeting moments of a recognizable autumn.

Fleeting moments of recognizable seasons

Scenes from Fall Break

Modern Physics is an origin story of extremes. Extreme speed. Extreme smallness. It was in these corners of reality that old notions found their limits and new ideas could rise to solve mysteries. A hot cup of coffee and a cold cup of ice water, observed over hours, teach us […]

The Big and the Small

It never fails. An optical recording disc, with its numerous small grooves, causes light from a hydrogen discharge tube to spread out in a rainbow. Except this rainbow is incomplete, with only a red, a cyan, a blue, and a violet line. Where are all the other colors? Hydrogen cannot […]

Seeing the Quantum Universe

Scenes from Wisconsin in August 2019

Scenes from Wisconsin in August 2019

Four of us stood in the lobby of the La Fonda Hotel. The beautiful space sits just off the main square in Santa Fe. You could almost feel the ghosts of the Manhattan Project walk past as people now sat, perhaps unaware, reading papers, waiting for friends, eating in the […]

A Peek into the Secret City

A clothes dryer heating element, 10 years old and broken

Before I wanted to be a physicist – I mean, really wanted to become a physicist – I learned the joy of tinkering. I am sure it started earlier than when I remember it actually happening (memory is funny that way), the first first recollection I have of fully losing […]

The Joy of Pulling things Apart

The conference, Rencontres de Blois, takes place annually in the Chateau de Blois. This year was the 30th anniversary of the conference and the 31st such edition of the conference. The conference is a synthesis of particle physics, astrophysics, and cosmology – a perfect match to the strengths of our […]

Messages from Blois (2019)

Signs of Summer 2019

Signs of Summer 2019

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    Had an EXCELLENT time volunteering with @jodi and many other staff from @snolabscience.bsky.social at the #SNOLAB tent at #ScienceNorth today. Engaging with the public […]

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