Staff writer at Quanta Magazine covering math Co-host/editor of the ‘Why This Universe?’ podcast My personal newsletter: https://shalmawegsman.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3mibzaiqgm22fNew story out, in case quantum mechanics wasn't already bewildering enough for you! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibzaiqgm22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3mep6veiutk2lI wrote a little reflection on my love of the abstract, from physics to David Lynch movies https://open.substack.com/pub/shalmawegsman/p/what-david-lynch-movies-and-theoretical?r=pltps12 Feb 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mep6veiutk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3mdo7grutxc2aIsn’t it always true of Einstein-esque breakthroughs that you can’t see them coming? My first official newsletter is live on my Substack! https://open.substack.com/pub/shalmawegsman/p/the-world-is-not-made-of-objects?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web30 Jan 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdo7grutxc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3m6wusa3csk2eFor my latest in Quanta, I explore recent measurements that treat the Large Hadron Collider as a giant quantum computer, and what some physicists hope these sorts of measurements can reveal about quantum mechanics, amid skepticism. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Dec 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6wusa3csk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lyvf2oorkc2o🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Sep 2025 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyvf2oorkc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lyve6hgky22fAfter a long break, my podcast 'Why This Universe?' is starting up again! In our first episode of the season, Nobel prize-winner Adam Riess shares his story of the discovery that dark energy is powering the expansion of space. Listen to the whole episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/93-the-moment-dark-energy-appeared-ft-adam-riess/id1523312400?i=100072693911415 Sep 2025 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyve6hgky22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3ly4dgzcn722aAnd here's another one I wrote with @quantamagazine.bsky.social 🧪: [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4dgzcn722ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3ly4devffas2aThanks for the shout-out @seanmcarroll.bsky.social! And a funny coincidence—the Fourier transform really is everywhere you look. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2025 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly4devffas2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lxxabvd7js23My latest story is out in Quanta Magazine. Had a lot of fun digging into both history and math for this one! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2025 18:13 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxxabvd7js23https://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3ltcxdhd7mc2oMy last story with Quanta dove deeeeep into quantum crystals. You can’t read about research this fresh anywhere else! 🧪 [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2025 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltcxdhd7mc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lsgs6ahd322gThe National Science Foundation is getting kicked out of their building [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2025 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsgs6ahd322ghttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lrqji4jc2k2vWired continuing to do great + important work for the political moment! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jun 2025 17:38 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrqji4jc2k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lrdnl3uag222I'm reading Meghan O'Gieblyn's "God, Human, Animal, Machine" and now I can't stop seeing its argument everywhere: that the whole idea of the technological singularity is the newest iteration in a long history of religious prophecies — a metaphor taken literally. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrdnl3uag222https://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lr3yybfw7s2gMark is such a talented and passionate science illustrator it was a pleasure to work together on this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jun 2025 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr3yybfw7s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lqx7hdrvc223For my latest story at @quantamagazine.bsky.social I dug into cutting edge research that’s using geometry to understand the bizarre quantum behaviors of materials. Huge shoutout to @markabelan.bsky.social for bringing the abstract ideas to life with 3D graphics! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqx7hdrvc223https://bsky.app/profile/shalmawegs.bsky.social/post/3lqq5hft6es2jThis is tickling the part of my brain that got me excited to work on video game physics in the past—cognitive science taking inspiration from computer graphics! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Jun 2025 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:m4ow4phcvdt57fmts4btyjdg/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqq5hft6es2j