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The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics

by Briley Lewis | Oct 13, 2021 | Classics, Climate Change, Current Events

This year’s physics Nobel made a statement about one of the world’s most pressing issues: climate change. In this Bite, we’ll go into the prize-winning science behind this Nobel from Manabe and Hasselmann.

A universe of pancakes

A universe of pancakes

by Alex Gough | Sep 22, 2021 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s classic paper predicts the formation of “cosmic pancakes” on the largest scales.

The Origins of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

The Origins of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

by Macy Huston | Aug 16, 2021 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s classic paper from 1959 was the first SETI publication. We explore the field’s origins and current status.

It’ll All B-A-O-kay – How the BAO Feature Guards Cosmological Information From Nonlinear Evolution

It’ll All B-A-O-kay – How the BAO Feature Guards Cosmological Information From Nonlinear Evolution

by Jamie Sullivan | May 1, 2021 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries

Today’s classic paper explains why the baryon acoustic oscillation feature faithfully ferries cosmological information to the late universe.

From Dust Bunnies to Black Holes: Oppenheimer-Snyder Collapse

From Dust Bunnies to Black Holes: Oppenheimer-Snyder Collapse

by Ryan Golant | Apr 9, 2021 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries

In this summary of a classic paper from 1939, we look back at the very first theory of black hole formation: Oppenheimer and Snyder’s model of a spherically collapsing ball of dust.

Ironing out Infinities with the Conformal Diagram

Ironing out Infinities with the Conformal Diagram

by Jamie Sullivan | Nov 23, 2020 | Classics, Daily Paper Summaries

In today’s classic paper – Nobel laureate Roger Penrose fits the whole universe on a page!

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