Physicist at Large

I know that I should treat this report on preparing students for non-academic careers as a good thing, because it involves academic physici...

I just came across this article from May arguing that grit research is over-hyped.  Essentially, the claims are that (1) the effect of grit...

Today an administrator sent out a request that faculty fill out a survey as part of some study involving educational fads.  Since I love to ...

The editors of Nature deign to notice reality : Alternative career paths should be celebrated, not seen as a compromise. Do go on. ...b...

I was talking to a student, and I was articulating some of the points that I make on this blog, concerning the folly of trying to send every...

I forgot to blog this, but last weekend one of my stories was posted at 365 Tomorrows , a daily blog for flash-fiction sci-fi stories.

There's an editorial that I half-agree with in the latest issue of Scientific American , and like many things that get at half of an is...