RD

[RD @robertmdvs]

Recently got the chance to work on a really fun feature about the theoretical implications of the Higgs boson being a “scalar” or spin-zero particle for @symmetrymag. Take a look!

[symmetry magazine @symmetrymag]

The Higgs boson is the only fundamental particle known to be scalar, meaning it has no quantum spin. This fact answers questions about our universe, but it also raises new ones. https://t.co/jD5d3zPpx1

[RD @robertmdvs]

@DonHodgestruth @Schinzler1 @AAnon55 Mandatory birth control: ❌

Mandatory vasectomies: ✅

[Quanta Magazine @QuantaMagazine]

The Higgs is the only fundamental particle that we know of that is a scalar — that is, has zero spin. For @symmetrymag, @robertmdvs discusses the questions raised by this fact.
https://t.co/3W7noJkf8l

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@JuanLeonGil @symmetrymag Haha I didn’t think anyone would catch that when I wrote it 🤣

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Shocking I know but it turns out physicists have to do *a lot* of planning before they decide which multibillion-dollar particle accelerator to build next. I got the chance to take an inside look at that process with my latest for @symmetrymag: https://t.co/l57p95z3Yq

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In other news, I am also continuing my habit of only logging into Twitter once every couple of months to share my latest story and then never looking at it otherwise😅

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I recently got the opportunity to write another story for @symmetrymag—this time examining the experiences of black physics students at HBCUs and PWIs. Take a look:

https://t.co/jMTyNsRU24

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"But the Black physicists who’ve emerged from both HBCUs and PWIs suggest that the physics community should be more concerned about structural challenges that minority physics students face everywhere, and the toxic environments that can be found in any academic department."

[symmetry magazine @symmetrymag]

Black scientists have played important roles in the history of quantum physics. In this growing area of specialization, there’s an opportunity to continue that legacy. https://t.co/au6GwCyiD4

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P.S. I also got to write a really interesting companion piece about the work of Elmer Imes, who was only the second African-American to earn a physics PhD, and whose work provided important experimental verification of quantum theory. Check it out: https://t.co/XPkGLortVP

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Last fall, I got to interview about a dozen black physicists for a @symmetrymag story about black representation in quantum information science. Spoiler alert: there isn't much of it, but we can do better.

Please do give this story a look: https://t.co/tMDKMgW6RV

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@trickeyPNNL Sign me up! 🤓

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@sethmnookin @jasoneshelly @ScienceMagazine @MIT_Sciwrite @jasoneshelly given the subject matter I do find your surname highly suspicious 🦞

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@DannyGroner 😂

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@DannyGroner Wow, having worked in PR and comms for nearly a decade this is a huge first for me! Feel free to shoot me an email at [email protected]

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Ok I am absolutely terrible at keeping my Twitter updated but, for posterity, here’s my very first story for Science Magazine🦞🦞🦞https://t.co/54N7vgtsQK

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@ohmycarling you terrify me. also, thanks :-)

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exploring.