194. Another quantum flapdoodle video: BBC on bubble universe

Even features Nima Arkani-Hamed and Lisa Randall

193. On massive gravity in three dimensions

This is a guest blog post by Olaf Hohm from the University of Groningen. Dmitry. Dmitry kindly asked me to write about my recent paper with Eric Bergshoeff and Paul Townsend on massive gravity in three dimensions (0901.1766). In the last two years there has been quite some interest in three-dimensional gravity, most notably due [...]

192. Video of the day: Michio Kaku on Multiverse

What I really wonder – is it actually a trend that actively working physicists figure out how important nowadays is publicity, they commit themselves to getting more publicity and then suddenly, when they finally get their publicity, they are not actively working physicists anymore? Is a human too much of a social creature? Is too [...]

191. Integer quantum Hall effect – theory

I guess, my reader, you are either a) an undergrad, b) a graduate student, c) a postdoc (or even professor? Cheers, Joe) or d) you are just interested in science and theoretical physics in particular (maybe, you even had a couple of courses related to physics in college). If b) or c) holds, you will [...]

190. Ex-googlers share their impressions about the company. Hilarious!

Wanted to work for Google? Take a look at this post on TechCrunch and think twice next time

189. Video of the day: Murray Gell-Mann on the beauty of physics

188. Integer and fractional quantum Hall effect – what is it?

Fractional quantum Hall effect was and remains one of the biggest mysteries in condensed matter theory. To be as arrogant as usual, I will claim that theorist’s brain work necessary to explain fractional quantum Hall effect is roughly equal to the work necessary to explain confinement in QCD, although the former problem is much younger [...]

187. Twitter updates for 2009-01-18

Talk at CITA – “Decoding the rosetta stone of galaxy formation” by Mario Juric, http://is.gd/gjMy? # Stanford announces 100 million USD energy institute: http://is.gd/gjMN # At MIT large lectures go the way of the blackboard: http://snipr.com/aa3vw # Alex Buchel’s introduction into bosonic string: http://is.gd/gjO2 (part A), http://is.gd/gjO3 (part B). # The title of the Guth’s [...]

186. Video of the day: BBC on QED and Richard Feynman

185. And more about AdS/QCD

Matt Reece from Princeton has kindly agreed to answer to a couple of my questions related to his comment after the interview with Josh Erlich on AdS/QCD. I hope that his answers will be as interesting for you as they were for me. In what follows D. – me, M. – Matt. D.: You said [...]