Improbable Matter

Hough Transform: Algorithms for Grad Students (2)

"The Limit of Victory" - my improbable book

How the tokamak became king of fusion - Thomson Scattering and the Cold War

Brent’s Method of Finding Roots and Inverse Functions: Algorithms for Grad Students (1)

Why OOP is slow - and a stupid idea to fix it

How Lasers Work

How Quantum Key Distribution Works (BB84 & E91)

The 200-year-old mathematics behind half the internet

The limits of AI - a ramble including Sidewinder missiles

How nuclear fusion (maybe) works (4) - reactor practicalities

The Sun is larger than you might think

The problems with Helion Energy - a response to Real Engineering

How long an interstellar journey will take

How nuclear fusion works (3) - magnetic confinement, tokamaks, stellarators

[Historical Song Battles] Flora - Oh, the Red Viburnum in the Meadow vs The Flower of Scotland

How nuclear fusion works (2) - confinement, stars, nukes, inertial fusion energy

"Lobsters" in space - new x-ray telescopes + first 3 missions (Longxia Yan 1, SVOM, SMILE)

In defense of "Q-plasma" - a response to Sabine Hossenfelder

How nuclear fusion works (1) - fusors, thermonuclear reactions, lattice fusion

Former fusion scientist on why we won't have fusion power by 2040

How Optics Work - the basics of cameras, lenses and telescopes

Firing the Flak 88mm on Mars - ballistics, history and worldbuilding

[Historical Song Battles] Artillery - The Caissons Go Rolling Along vs Song of the Artillerymen

PhoneShop - The funniest sitcom you've never seen

People Just Do The Office

How a Computer Works - from silicon to apps