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Beam intensity at the LHC continues to increase with successful collision this morning of beams containing 13 bunches of protons, producing an initial luminosity of about 1.5 x 1029cm-2s-1. This is about a factor of 1000 below the goal for … Continue reading →

Here’s a story from the boundaries of conventional physics of the sort I normally try to resist paying any attention to, but couldn’t quite help myself this time: Last week I noticed amongst the e-mail from Jack Sarfatti that clutters … Continue reading →

Initial 2010 data from the Theoretical Particle Physics Jobs Rumor Mill indicates that the particle theory job market remains as trend-driven as ever. This year, it seems that if you want a tenure-track job in the US, you must be … Continue reading →

In case you’re tired of reading me going on about the same topics and instead would like to listen to me going on about such topics, there are now two new options: A couple weeks ago I did a podcast … Continue reading →

FQXI has just announced that it will be awarding another series of large grants, of size \$50K-\$100K, totaling about \$2 million. These grants will be targeted at research into “The Nature of Time.” Initial proposals are due June 14, grants … Continue reading →

Planning on getting back to writing some longer postings, but for today, here’s a collection of quick news and links: I hear from number theorists that Princeton’s Manjul Bhargava has some breakthrough results on the ranks of elliptic curves. I … Continue reading →

As far as I can tell, it’s still unclear if Perelman will accept the $1 million Millennium prize awarded to him last week. This week brings news of two more million dollar prizes: John Tate is this year’s winner of … Continue reading →

The Clay Mathematics Institute announced today the award of the Millennium Prize to Perelman for the proof of the Poincare Conjecture. The award was made based on the rules set up when the prize was created: a Special Advisory Board … Continue reading →

Bill Thurston teams up with Issey Miyake for their fall ready-to-wear collection based on the Geometrization Conjecture (via Quomodocumque). Youtube video here. Why String Theorists Should Switch Fields to Quantum Computing. This month’s AMS Notices has an interview with last … Continue reading →