Virtually all known laws of physics are invariant under the CPT transformation — that is, the combined operations of Charge conjugation (C), Parity or “mirror flipping” (P), and Time reversal…
Beyond the CPT theorem
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No, there are STILL no deadly mini-black holes!
Kentucky, who runs a fantastic blog over at arxivblog.org, has pointed out a new calculation about black hole creation here on earth. The paper (arxiv) suggests that mini-black holes might…
Stringtime in Pittsburgh
Yes, last weekend it was Stringtime here in Pittsburgh! (No, we don’t have the good taste to resist that pun.) Here’s the Part I of my report. First, the background:…
LHC Black Holes: Why I’m Not Holding My Breath
The attention that these two nut-jobs are receiving is a bit discouraging. Some people do hope to see mini-black-holes at CERN, it’s true. Some calculate that we will see thousands.…