The psychiatrist problem
For Mental Health Awareness week, some insight into the search for a psychiatrist from the perspective of someone with mental health problems.
Type: Disquisition
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Can we travel at warp speed?
Warp drives aren't just the material of science fiction writers. Proper scientists are investigating them too. -
Why does nature bother having a universe?
How CP violation favours matter over antimatter, thus giving us the matter-dominated universe we see around us. -
Particles, waves and the double-slit experiment
A plain English description of how light can be both a wave and a bunch of particles, as proven by the double-slit experiment. -
Schrödinger's cat and also kettles
A very simplified layman's view of the Schrödinger's cat paradox, where a cat can be both alive and dead at the same time. -
Why doesn't our galaxy fall into the black hole at its centre?
Supermassive black holes are huge and incredibly heavy, so why doesn't their extreme gravity consume the entire galaxy? -
Speed, velocity and acceleration
People often confuse speed and velocity and thus end up confused about what acceleration is. This is a short explainer of those terms. -
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
An article about the lives and philosophies of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, who had a massive influence on Western culture. -
The 1927 Solvay Conference — perhaps the greatest ever meeting of minds
An overview of the 1927 Solvay Conference, which could be the greatest meeting of minds the world has ever seen. -
The Drake equation and the search for ET
A look at the Drake Equation, which is used to estimate the number of intelligent alien planets currently residing in the Milky Way galaxy. I plug my own numbers into it to see what comes out.