Jan Philipp Röer has joined the The Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists™ (LFHCfS). He says: Hair plays a very important role in my research, specifically the hair cells of the inner ear. I’m interested in what makes a sound attract our attention and the mechanisms we have in place to prevent irrelevant sound from […]
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String theory explained, sort of
Ed Witten, whom some people consider to be the smartest person alive (typically with the possible unspoken exception of the person who uses that description), wears a sweater, sits in an armchair, and explains, to the extent anyone can, where string theory came from. (HT @SeanMCarroll)