Ferret kindly suggested I should do a post here to notify readers whenever I post something on my new Particle Physics Gadgeteering blog. I am happy to do this, but I fear I run the risk of being seen to be spamming my followers with non-pony-related stuff. So in an effort to make it look vaguely legitimate, I will accompany such announcements with pictures of ponies. I have just posted something on

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In anticipation of the arrival of dragons to G5 Equestria, I decided to do some background reading on these big reptiles.

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That time of year again. When ponies dress up in Spooktacular costumes for their Nightmare Night fun, and particle physicists thrill everyone with tales of ghost particles and the dark side of the universe.

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This is a bio post for The Disharmonious six A.K.A the Elements of Destruction, these six are the opposites of the mane six in both personality and skill and are incredibly dangerous, do not attempt to approach any of them or you will not live very long...

1. Name:Sparkle Duskmoon

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Is anyone at Nightmare Nights Dallas? I will be joining Needling Haystacks MLP Physics panel at 4pm on Saturday 28 October (by Skype link - while I would love to take a trip to Texas, it’s not very practical right now). Come along to hear a group of physicists discuss, and possibly argue, about the sonic rainboom, multiple timelines, and how things like orbital mechanics and genetics might work in Equestria.

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Is anyone in Sanford, South Dakota this evening? I'm very curious to know what my old friend Markus Horn is getting up to these days...

Deep Talks: LUX: Hunting for Unicorns (Dark Matter) in the Black Hills

I hope everyone had a fun Dark Matter Day.

If anyone is looking for a new job, here is an opportunity that will let you work on dark matter research and also provide the perfect environment to complete that Nightmare Moon epic that you have always wanted to write.

IceCube Experiment - Winterover Experiment Operator

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I gather some writers interested in my science communication project would appreciate some story ideas to help develop their own, so in this post I will give some of my thoughts on how to turn my given particle physics research topics into a story. I would, however, remind those thinking of participating that your don’t have to follow this. If you have a totally different idea

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Happy Dark Matter Day everyone. This is my opportunity to drop links to my old explanations of dark matter and dark energy.

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To one of my past blog posts, Booster Spice gave the random comment:

Dark Energy is Magic?

I can’t remember the context, but I’m taking it as a prompt for this post.

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Last week saw some exciting news on the experimental search for dark matter. The LUX and PandaX experiments have released some new results. Spoiler alert – they haven’t found it.

Latest results in the hunt for dark matter

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The finale of Chapter 5 nicely leads us to Dark Matter Day (31 October, also known as Nightmare Night), the time of the year when we celebrate the invisible component of the universe. Time for an update on this darkest of contemporary physics research topics.

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