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Slices of PI

A series of fun, monthly dispatches about science designed for social sharing.

Your handy guide to gravitational waves, and their ripple effects to our understanding of the cosmos
/Feb 25, 2016
Chalkboards are everywhere at Perimeter Institute, but one took on a new dimension at the hands of Perimeter’s inaugural Coalescence…
/Oct 19, 2015
Cosmology isn’t the only way stars get into physics.
/Aug 16, 2015
To commemorate some big anniversaries in science and sci-fi, Perimeter Institute researchers, students, and staff reflect on fantastical figments that…
/Jul 02, 2015
When streams of thought converge, truth is found in the swirling eddies of opposing ideas.
/Jun 16, 2015
To mark the 100-year anniversary of the theory that re-wrote the rule book of physics, Perimeter presents an overview of…
/May 14, 2015
Whether you’re a gravitational guru or an armchair astronomer, you’ll gravitate toward these lesser-known facts about black holes.
/Apr 16, 2015
A little friendly competition never hurt anyone, especially when it’s about something as beautiful as the infinite decimal places of…
/Mar 13, 2015
In celebration of the International Year of Light, Perimeter Institute presents 20 fascinating factoids about photons.
/Jan 28, 2015
For Perimeter postdoc David “Doddy” Marsh, skateboarding and theoretical physics are two halves of his whole – sometimes complementary, sometimes…
/Dec 08, 2014