In which I explore the biggest barrier in the busy beaver game. What is Antihydra, what is the Collatz conjecture, how are they connected, and what makes them so daunting?
Imagine a world where every moment gazing at an elevator display is as sublime as the transition from 2 to 3.
A deep dive into the motivation for my postdoc research. What do microwaves and lasers have to do with communication? And what changes when I add the word “quantum” twice to every sentence?
Say the answer you get is 3 when you’re supposed to get 4. Did you do something wrong? And how does that make you feel?
Resonance can help us understand a deep connection between time and frequency that applies to all waves, from light to sound to quantum physics.
Demystifying the tardigrade-induced frequency shift with a mass, a spring, and a trip to Singapore in the year 8022.
How the tools of quantum optomechanics could one day be used to put a macroscopic object into a quantum superposition.
In which I unpack the inner workings of an axion dark matter detector, and explain why you shouldn’t hold your breath for the discovery of dark matter.
A billion is a thousand million? Why wasn’t I informed of this?
As a grad student TA for a freshman physics lab, I occasionally encountered statements like “the mass of the ball was ten.”
Measuring in Reflection is a blog about the tools, experimental techniques, and concepts that physicists use to understand the world.