John Huth

I cancelled a month ago. Just too much, and too much like cBS. It's become less essential to me. I want careful reporting not propaganda.

John Huth, in conversation with Jacob Barandes, "A Sense of Space" YouTube video by Harvard Science Book Talks and Research Lectures

Link to my book talk on A Sense of Space

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Signs of the approaching storm, Cape Cod

Spark Dashboard — Global Day of Unplugging

Does anyone have experience with the global day of unplugging?

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It was creepy to me when it first came out.

What the Heck Just Happened? YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson

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I'm really impressed with Terry Moran.

I gave the WaPo the benefit of the doubt when he took over, but I just cancelled. They lost my trust. Democracy dies in darkness indeed.

Bari Weiss yanking a 60 Minutes story is censorship by oligarchy | Margaret Sullivan Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy

@sulliview.bsky.social on @60minutes.bsky.social, @cbsnews.com: "Weiss ought to cut her losses, green-light the piece, and try to start acting like an editor – not like a cog in the machine of authoritarian politics and oligarchy." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I enjoyed both. Different prose styles and each very distinctive.

3I Atlas and Magical Thinking

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Thanks!

The Beguiling, Misunderstood Theremin

It's great to see that Dorit is getting some publicity for her work with Theremins!

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Can you give a link to this story?

Sunset at 4:12 PM

John Edward Huth's "A Sense of Space" John Edward Huth is the Donner Professor of Science at Harvard University. He has done research in experimental particle physics since 1980...

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Of course! The song is in my regular bluegrass band lineup.

Inside the Geography of Human Thought The connections aren't what you might expect

And a nice short piece on this by Tobias Carroll from Inside Hook

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How the Human Brain Actually Gets Us From Point A to Point B “Where are you going with this?” “I’m not following you” “You seem so distant” “That’s all behind us now” “My mind is wandering” We often use the language of navigation through physical space to de…

A selection from my opening chapter: lithub.com/how-the-huma...

My book lecture/conversation on Tuesday Nov. 18th at the Science Center, Harvard, 6 PM.

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Windy day here

An excerpt from my new book, thanks @uchicagopress.bsky.social !!

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In the Harvard Bookstore

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Smoked bluefish pate

A Sense of Space From global navigation to natal charts to memory palaces and beyond, a thrilling journey through humanity’s visualization of new spaces.   When you give directions, do you tell someone to go straight ...

Where to get my book, at U. Chicago Press

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

@uchicagopress.bsky.social

Open Water: Sailing Sicily to Sardinia Alas, I’ve only just restarted the blog and I am already behind again. I’ve had a very busy summer, what can I say! Song of the trip: Harvest Moon – Neil Young, to memorialize some of the cra…

From Sicily to Sardinia - a guest on my daughter's sailboat wrote a nice blog piece on that leg of their journey across the Mediterranean.

evaonthevia.com/2025/10/20/o...

The Ancient Stick Maps That Tackle Unsolvable Physics YouTube video by SciShow

One of my students who is jumping into science communication did a piece on wave piloting in the Marshall Islands.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cc3...

How to Become a Backyard Meteorologist With a Few Simple Tools You don’t need a college degree or fancy equipment to begin forecasting the weather at home.

A fun little article on what I call 'weather by the seat of your pants' or 'backyard meteorology'

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