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Pineta


Particle Physics and Pony Fiction Experimentalist

Feb
19th
2023

Lepton Flavour Universality · 1:47pm February 19th

It must be time for me to write another particle physics blog post, telling a story from the quest to find new scientific phenomena and resolve the mysteries of the universe. With pictures of ponies. So here we go. Prepare to learn all about Lepton Flavour Universality. To enhance your blog reading experience, first go and get a smoothie.

Are you ready?

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Feb
5th
2023

Hearts and Hooves and Carnivorous Plants · 3:17pm February 5th

Jan
8th
2023

Pinkie’s Antimatter Adventure; Rainbow Magic – Writing pony science stories with Chat GPT · 12:18pm January 8th

Yesterday I decided to investigate this Chat GPT thing that I now hear so much about. And wow—this technology has really moved on since I last looked at it. We now have an AI engine which, given a simple prompt, will write a story for you in seconds.

This is the first conversation I had with it:

What is antimatter?

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Dec
24th
2022

Wishing Star Scouting · 12:57pm Dec 24th, 2022

At this time of year, there is a tradition of planetarium shows about possible astronomical explanations for the story of the Star of Bethlehem, which guided the Magi to the baby Jesus. Scholars have been pondering this for centuries. It’s a fun question to ponder as it mixes biblical scripture, history, astrophysics, and lets us talk about comets, novae, supernovae, planetary conjunctions, along with ancient astronomy from many cultures. See for example

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Dec
18th
2022

Tolkien: On Dragons and Dinosaurs · 7:27pm Dec 18th, 2022

I went to a very good lecture this week at the Oxford Museum of Natural History, by JRR Tolkien. Not quite in flesh—the museum does not have access to the writer himself (he died in 1973) any more than they have any live dinosaurs, but they were able to reproduce his spirit in about the most convincing way possible without resorting to the sort of necromancy that would not be approved by the university ethics committee.

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Dec
11th
2022

Marestream Physics, Antigravity, and Magnetic Levitation · 5:34pm Dec 11th, 2022

First impression of the Marestream: They’ve got a rainbow-powered spaceship horsebox! How cool is that!

Now having appreciated it in a child-opening-a-present sort of way, let’s examine it in a more academic-fan-overanalysis sort of way.

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Nov
27th
2022

Art and Anarchy for Everypony · 1:18pm Nov 27th, 2022

Sneaksy Strikes Again is now one of my favourite Tell Your Tale episodes. It looks like the artists had a lot of fun making with this one. Each time I watch it I spot something new. Let’s delve into the world of art, for everypony.

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Nov
13th
2022

Not all that glitters is polyethylene terephthalate · 10:56am Nov 13th, 2022


Now I just need to figure out how to control my alicorn magic without dumping several tonnes of microplastic pollution in a sensitive marine environment.


Glitter is clearly an essential element of life in Equestria. The crucial component in Izzy’s crafts; the indispensable ingredient in Mane Melody hoof polish. The manestream magic that keeps everypony’s sparkle shining bright.

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Oct
30th
2022

Dark Matter Day Cometh · 3:33pm Oct 30th, 2022

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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Oct
23rd
2022

Zipp Phones and Cathode Ray Tubes · 5:15pm Oct 23rd, 2022

Zipp’s folding phone feels like a joint marketing opportunity with Samsung that wasn’t fully realised. Her cool hoofset has something like their Infinity Flex Display, which can be literally folded in half, but the shape is more like the Galaxy Z Fold series than a Z Flip (“Zip”) phone.

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