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Is There Still Plenty of Time at the Bottom?
In late 2023, I wrote an essay called There’s Plenty More Room at the Bottom. If my title seems clever to you, we both have Richard Feynman to thank…
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Noble Prize
You’ve probably noticed how weird things are getting out there.
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Dumb as Hell; Goes Like Mad
Feynman again? Yep.
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Pee-riodic Fables
For more than a thousand years, we poor humans only knew about a handful of elements.
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The Shield
Chaos flies all around you.
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When Ignorance Is Bliss
Whoa whoa whoa.
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Let Me Blow Your Mind
Here’s something trippy to think about.
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The Science Project
Sputnik was truly the shot seen around the world.
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Weighing the Earth
Shortly after the time of the American Revolution, an ambitious idea began to form in the mind of Henry Cavendish.
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Scum and Villainy
Operating a machine in the 19th century was wretched business.
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Ode to Water
It all starts with water.
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The Architecture and the Energy
I’ve been thinking a lot about thinking lately.
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