Bob Park’s What’s New: November 7, 2025No, Bob Park — the physicist who wrote the What’s New newsletter for years — did not write this. Instead, I am imagining what Park would…6d ago6d ago
The Pardee and Riley Experiment and the Discovery of mRNAToday I want to discuss an experiment that led to the discovery of messenger RNA (mRNA). Why did I choose to focus on one specific…6d ago6d ago
Believing the Endlessly Repeated Lie More than the TruthFighting against the Republican War on Science can be wearying. Sometimes I just need a break. So I read Life on the Mississippi, by Rinker…Nov 4Nov 4
Bob Park’s What’s New: October 31, 2025No, Bob Park — the physicist who wrote the What’s New newsletter for years — did not write this. Instead, I am imagining what Park would…Oct 31Oct 31
Madison Spach (1926–2025)Madison Stockton Spach died recently. An Instagram post by the account for the Duke Pediatric Cardiology Fellowship statedOct 31Oct 31
Bob Park’s What’s New: October 24, 2025No, Bob Park — the physicist who wrote the What’s New newsletter for years — did not write this. Instead, I am imagining what Park would…Oct 24Oct 24
Science Under SiegeI recently finished reading Science Under Siege: How to Fight the Five Most Powerful Forces That Threaten Our World, by Michael Mann and…Oct 24Oct 24
Bob Park’s What’s New: October 17, 2025No, Bob Park — the physicist who wrote the What’s New newsletter for years — did not write this. Instead, I am imagining what Park would…Oct 17Oct 17
John Clarke Shares the Nobel Prize in PhysicsThis year the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to John Clarke, Michel Devoret, and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic…Oct 17Oct 17
Bob Park’s What’s New: October 10, 2025No, Bob Park — the physicist who wrote the What’s New newsletter for years — did not write this. Instead, I am imagining what Park would…Oct 10Oct 10