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An interesting interview by Johann Grolle at Spiegel Online:Nobel Physicist Frank Wilczek: ‘The World is a Piece of Art’The world is a piece of art, produced according to a very peculiar style. What I find particularly striking is the outstanding role of symmetry. […] The principle of symmetry as we use it in physics and mathematics can be described as “change without change.” While this may sound mystical or bizarre, it actually means something quite simple. What, for instance, makes a circle such a symmetrical object? It’s that you can rotate it around its center and it will remain a...

So…what is the Monday Poll? Good question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past gazillion years (more than 10!). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a great start. 👍 1. How are you in terms of driving on curvy mountain roads? I do OK, but if and only if the following three things are in play: 1) I’m alone, 2) it’s daytime and 3) I know where...

The 10-Minute Makeup Must-Haves series shows off some of *the best* makeup for speedy (but sensational!) skin, eyes, cheeks and lips. This is gonna sound so cheesy, but this is my feel-good blush. 😊 I just feel really good when I wear it. It’s Clinique Chubby Stick Cheek Colour Balm in Amp’d Up Apple, and it’s $24. When I put a bit of this beautiful matte pinkish brown on my cheeks, I look like I just finished a round of crossover jumping jacks (which are surprisingly difficult)! Wearing this blush is like working out…without having to actually work out. Cheeks...

I say this every December, but where did the year go?? Has it really been a year? I worked as a legal assistant at a law firm in my 20s, and one of the lawyers said something I still remember. He said that time moves faster as you get older, and I didn’t understand it at the time, but I totally get it now. Nowadays, it feels like I go from task to task to task until I pass out. Then I wake up and do it all over again. Then I look up and it’s December, and another year...

LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves for Third TimeThe newfound black hole has a final mass about 49 times that of our sun. This fills in a gap between the masses of the two merged black holes detected previously by LIGO, with solar masses of 62 (first detection) and 21 (second detection).From the Now@Caltech press releaseSee also: Physics Synopsis: LIGO Picks Up on the Third Ring Physical Review Letters: GW170104: Observation of a 50-Solar-Mass Binary Black Hole Coalescence at Redshift 0.2 (PDF) High-Resolution Visuals LIGO Laboratory Website