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Project’s paying – a message from the sensei

2 Feb 20192 Feb 2019
- Are they always like this? I asked my prof. - Yes. he said. They know that government-funded projects pay. Nobody here uses their own money. It was my first…
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On how the three starlings without a flock met

5 Jan 201925 Dec 2018
Sometimes, the most interesting and scary stories play out in people’s heads. One summer evening, on our vacation down in mainland Europe, my daughter and I were lying in the…
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Blue hour of the North

2 Dec 20182 Dec 2018
This is Northern Norway in late December. Although the sun does not come up over the horizon until January, there are still a couple of hours of light every day.…
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Don’t be silly!

4 Nov 20184 Nov 2018
In January 2018, Nature treated the North of Norway to a rather unique event. The Super Blue Blood Moon Total Eclipse, if that is its name. It was wonderful! After…
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Windy Day

3 Oct 201821 Sep 2018
He stopped and turned around. “A truly fine vista.” he said to himself. Behind him, the road up to the observatory lay bare apart from a few strands of snow…
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Where do rainbows go to hide?

5 Sep 20185 Aug 2018
Living way up North can be challenging. My five-year-old could tell you all about it. The other day, I took her with me on one of my picture-hunting tours out…
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42: A personal confession (part 4/4)

15 Aug 201810 Aug 2018
The way we try to experiment on the weird ideas of particle physics is by means of some of the greatest machines ever built. Of course, I talk particle accelerators.…
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42: A personal confession (part 3/4)

1 Aug 201815 Aug 2018
Mighty stick figures don't tell the whole story. Of course, they don’t, I might add. The equation I linked to last time, and which is depicted below, comes closer to…
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42: A personal confession (part 2/4)

18 Jul 20181 Aug 2018
Last time, I left you with this: This image looks fun and awful at the same time. As I found out a couple of years into my studies, there's a…

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