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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 2d

And the book is here: www.alienspeakphysics.com

Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 2d

More inforation: www.harvard.com/event/daniel...

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 2d

Going to be in Boston 11/17? Come see me and @mattstrassler.bsky.social talk aliens and physics!

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 5d

Fair! Phil's optimism is sincere, I think, which is refreshing.

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 8d

www.smbc-comics.com/comic/unified

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Unified

www.smbc-comics.com

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 8d

You ever read a comic that's so good that you feel like it was about you?

That's how I feel about @smbccomics.bsky.social today.

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Sean Carroll @seanmcarroll.bsky.social · 20d

Locality and causality! Very important ideas in physics, but not things that usually get the podcast treatment. I hop on @danielwhiteson.bsky.social and @weinersmith.bsky.social's Extraordinary Universe to do something different.

Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · 20d

Does physics have to be causal and local?

Daniel and Kelly talk to @seanmcarroll.bsky.social about where some of the basic assumptions we make about the Universe come from, and whether we need them.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 9d

Fair

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · 28d

Love it!

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Bernhard Goodwin @begood.bsky.social · Aug 10

I am happy to be featured on this episode in this fun and insightful podcast. @weinersmith.bsky.social and @danielwhiteson.bsky.social are really great in answering absurd questions!

An AI-generated picture of Bernhard with headphones, flamingos and Munich landmark-buildings in the background.

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · Aug 1

She taught at Berkeley when I was there. Yes, good idea!

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Aishik Ghosh @aishikghosh.bsky.social · Jul 28

What if you could beat the Likelihood Ratio Test?

A fun and potentially transformational phy-statistics paper with Ann Lee, James Carzon, @rafael-izbicki.bsky.social, luca Masserano and @danielwhiteson.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2507.17831

On Focusing Statistical Power for Searches and Measurements in Particle Physics

Particle physics experiments rely on the (generalised) likelihood ratio test (LRT) for searches and measurements, which consist of composite hypothesis tests. However, this test is not guaranteed to b...

arxiv.org

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · Jul 24

We should have @kajunut.bsky.social on the pod to talk about it!

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Daniel and Kelly's Extraordinary Universe @dandkuniverse.bsky.social · Jul 22

. @danielwhiteson.bsky.social & Andy Warner's new book, "Do Aliens Speak Physics" is available for pre-order! It asks the question: when aliens arrive, can we talk to them about physics, or is our science a little bit human rather than completely Universal?

wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Andy Warner @andycomics.bsky.social · Jul 8

"Do Aliens Speak Physics," my 6th(!) book is out in November and you can pre-order it now. Written w/ @danielwhiteson.bsky.social, it's all about aliens, math, physics, and how much of the world around us is really the world around us. It's also got a lotta silly cartoons! www.alienspeakphysics.com

Cover of "Do Aliens Speak Physics?" by Daniel Whiteson and Andy Warner, featuring a worm-like alien interacting with the authors

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · Jun 16

If you read a book you enjoyed, EMAIL THE AUTHOR.

We love hearing from readers!

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Aishik Ghosh @aishikghosh.bsky.social · Jun 11

Wondered what it would take for AI agents to design and test new theories for fundamental physics, just like a physicist? We show how, an example in neutrino model building! Paper with Jake, Max, Victoria, Jason leading crucial aspects, also
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arxiv.org/abs/2506.08080

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · May 31

Making America Less Great

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · May 31

What a perfect, tragic example of these misguided policies.

Instead of expanding our new ability to listen to the Universe, they choose to return to deafness.

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · May 27

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind aging trees, and why some trees live so long.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

How and why do trees get so old? - Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe | iHeart

Daniel and Kelly talk about the science behind aging trees, and why some trees live so long. See <a href='https://omnystudio.com/listener'>omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy inform...

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · May 26

This nails it, thank you.

It explains why so many "popular science" books are best sellers despite being impossibly dense.

Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · May 24

Oy!

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · May 20

Daniel and Kelly talk to @katrinewhiteson.bsky.social (a Whiteson Prize laureate) about the complex relationship between humans and microbes

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Do microbes help or hurt you? (featuring Katrine Whiteson) - Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe | iHeart

Daniel and Kelly talk to Katrine Whiteson (a Whiteson Prize laureate) about the complex relationship between humans and microbesSee <a href='https://omnystudio.com/listener'>omnystudio.com/l...

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · Apr 22

a man in a suit and tie is talking to mr scott in a classroom

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is talking to mr scott in a classroom

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Daniel Whiteson @danielwhiteson.bsky.social · Apr 8

There are definitely denser patches of gas and dust, and if you are in one it's not totally opaque, but some frequencies of light are definitely suppressed but not completely blocked.