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"01a0c546-1b63-7337-8306-f46c7a4da39c", "title": "Why I am still unimpressed with the Space Station dark matter search", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/09/22/why-i-am-still-unimpressed-with-the-space-station-dark-matter-search/", "published_at": "2014-09-22T15:55:11+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c546-1b63-7337-8306-f46c7ae7a21e", "title": "Invasion of the GeekGirlCon", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/09/17/invasion-of-the-geekgirlcon/", "published_at": "2014-09-17T19:52:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c546-1b63-7337-8306-f46c7bb799ec", "title": "Some early galaxies were oddly heavy and starry", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/09/14/some-early-galaxies-were-oddly-heavy-and-starry/", "published_at": "2014-09-14T21:18:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c546-1b63-7337-8306-f46c7c47b17b", "title": "The Milky Way’s place in the spacious heavens", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/09/07/the-milky-ways-place-in-the-spacious-heavens/", "published_at": "2014-09-07T18:19:05+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ec48-70e8-87ce-b9d45cb2393a", "title": "Is the Universe a hologram?", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/09/01/is-the-universe-a-hologram/", "published_at": "2014-09-01T15:12:06+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ec48-70e8-87ce-b9d45d0c2804", "title": "Black holes into darkness", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/08/26/black-holes-into-darkness/", "published_at": "2014-08-26T15:59:33+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ec48-70e8-87ce-b9d45d5faefb", "title": "The song of the black hole", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/08/25/the-song-of-the-black-hole/", "published_at": "2014-08-25T18:34:16+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ec48-70e8-87ce-b9d45de427c0", "title": "My favorite dark matter candidate", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/08/20/my-favorite-dark-matter-candidate/", "published_at": "2014-08-20T14:54:58+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c54e-ec48-70e8-87ce-b9d45e4508f5", "title": "A cloud in the Titanic sky", "url": 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"https://galileospendulum.org/2014/06/03/mary-mary-quite-contrary-how-does-your-black-hole-grow/", "published_at": "2014-06-03T20:45:52+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-83fb-72a3-b08e-668e7072f55d", "title": "For once, I ain’t even mad: the tale of #GRBm31", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/06/01/for-once-i-aint-even-mad-the-tale-of-grbm31/", "published_at": "2014-06-01T18:50:10+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-83fb-72a3-b08e-668e71610d44", "title": "Don’t say “quantum” when you mean “I don’t understand”", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/05/30/dont-say-quantum-when-you-mean-i-dont-understand/", "published_at": "2014-05-30T13:19:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-83fb-72a3-b08e-668e71cb0394", "title": "A nursery for baby giant galaxies", "url": "https://galileospendulum.org/2014/05/27/a-nursery-for-baby-giant-galaxies/", "published_at": "2014-05-27T16:08:59+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c55f-83fb-72a3-b08e-668e724f89ae", "title": "A photon-smashing machine", "url": 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What Is Life?original ↗

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Why I will not write about JWST original ↗

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2017

Why set a fantasy novel on another planet?original ↗

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2016

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Science is and always has been political original ↗

19 Dec 2016

Dethroning the Nobel Prize original ↗

3 Oct 2016

The return of CosmoAcademy!original ↗

27 Sept 2016

Rocket! Guitar! Drums!original ↗

18 Sept 2016

“East of (h)Eden”: my first science fiction novella!original ↗

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The big lie of social justice original ↗

16 Dec 2015

The impostor, the science writer, and Terry Pratchett original ↗

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Things I tolerate from my cats that I never would at a conference original ↗

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In which the author attempts comics original ↗

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Relativity and relatives original ↗

18 May 2015

You know what? Leave me out of this original ↗

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30 Apr 2015

A study in how not to talk about sexism in science original ↗

21 Apr 2015

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Dear Senator Cruz: please leave Galileo out of it original ↗

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Come to the dark side (of the cosmos)original ↗

17 Feb 2015

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2 Feb 2015

The right road to scientific revolution original ↗

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Gravity: A Love Story original ↗

30 Nov 2014

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24 Nov 2014

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Poems in the heavens original ↗

10 Nov 2014

The beauty of planetary birth original ↗

9 Nov 2014

How is a proton like a bagel?original ↗

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1 Nov 2014

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Over the Moon with China and Luxembourg original ↗

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When genius fails us original ↗

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To Mars and beyond original ↗

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Why I am still unimpressed with the Space Station dark matter search original ↗

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Invasion of the GeekGirlCon original ↗

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Some early galaxies were oddly heavy and starry original ↗

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The Milky Way’s place in the spacious heavens original ↗

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Is the Universe a hologram?original ↗

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Black holes into darkness original ↗

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The song of the black hole original ↗

25 Aug 2014

My favorite dark matter candidate original ↗

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A cloud in the Titanic sky original ↗

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When you stare into the Boötes void, does the Boötes void also stare into you?original ↗

13 Aug 2014

“All the stars are blooming….”original ↗

12 Aug 2014

The first spacecraft to orbit a comet has arrived original ↗

11 Aug 2014

Helloooo (what city is this again?) Cleveland!original ↗

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Farewell to Richmond original ↗

31 Jul 2014

Of dark matter and new eyes on galaxy structure original ↗

28 Jul 2014

Are geniuses like Einstein superhuman?original ↗

23 Jul 2014

The cosmos laughs at our puny particle colliders original ↗

22 Jul 2014

Mapping Mars at night original ↗

20 Jul 2014

Where do the highest-energy cosmic rays originate?original ↗

14 Jul 2014

The problem of Richard Feynman original ↗

13 Jul 2014

Mining for dark matter in South Dakota original ↗

9 Jul 2014

The exoplanet vanishes original ↗

6 Jul 2014

Twinkle twinkle, little star, we can’t see you where you are original ↗

29 Jun 2014

Solutions Summit: representation, harassment, and cookies original ↗

24 Jun 2014

The disappearing-reappearing black hole original ↗

22 Jun 2014

Dating the Moon: What’s 60 million years between friends?original ↗

16 Jun 2014

Mega-Earths and mini-Neptunes: exoplanets get weirder original ↗

8 Jun 2014

Einstein in spaaaaace!original ↗

5 Jun 2014

Mary Mary, quite contrary, how does your black hole grow?original ↗

3 Jun 2014

For once, I ain’t even mad: the tale of #GRBm31 original ↗

1 Jun 2014

Don’t say “quantum” when you mean “I don’t understand”original ↗

30 May 2014

A nursery for baby giant galaxies original ↗

27 May 2014

A photon-smashing machine original ↗

22 May 2014

The weirdest objects in the Universe original ↗

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