Bob Batterman moves to University of Pittsburgh

Bob Batterman, currently at the University of Western Ontario, has been hired by the University of Pittsburgh's Department of Philosophy. One more reason to love history and philosophy of science at the Cathedral of Learning!

This is quite a coup for Pittsburgh. But it's also a timely move as far as philosophy of physics is concerned, given that John Earman is expected to retire this year.

Welcome to Pittsburgh, Bob!

Reasons to love the "Dark Energy Task Force"

It's official: the words 'dark,' 'energy,' 'task,' and 'force' have all been used in the title of a single scientific paper. The "Report of the Dark Energy Task Force" is available here on arxiv.org. Obviously, it's hard not to love a paper like this. The reasons appear to break down roughly as follows.

Of course, as I've noted before, there remain many alternatives to dark energy cosmology. But without a title like this, I'm afraid the competition is doomed.

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