So you write with mathematical symbols. You’re not interested in learning LaTeX. But you’re fed up with going to Insert > Symbol every three seconds in Microsoft Word. Here is…
Get Started Using Automatic Symbol Insertion in MS Word
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Observationally Indistinguishable Dark-Energy Theories
Fundamentally different theories of dark energy may be underdetermined by observation, according to a recent preprint by Sanil Unnikrishnan. Background. Dark energy was first proposed as a solution to the…
Is the cosmological metric about to flip Euclidean?
The ‘wildest excuse for cosmic acceleration’ prize so far should go, in my view, to these guys. They argue that the metric form of spacetime is about to flip from…
Does Google’s Logo-Artist Like His Father Better Than His Mother?
Too impatient to wait until Sunday, my wife decided to investigate what the Google Logo might be this Mother’s Day, on the basis of previous years. She was upset to…
Michelson-Morley meets Quantum Mechanics
The Michelson-Morley experiment (read the original paper here) is one of the first textbook experiments that you learn about in support of the light postulate. From this postulate, together with…