Lefkowitz, 75, has the look of a therapist from a New Yorker cartoon, with his scruffy beard and bald head. Nevertheless, he is the “Whisperer of Clowns” for practically all of New York’s most successful stand-up comedians. Comedians are reported to be aware of their mental health concerns, yet mistakenly believe that these concerns are the source of their creativity. He teaches comedians that expressing their emotions does not make them unfunny, but rather makes them more resonant. Read full article here
Science
‘Ghostly’ neutrinos provide new path to study protons
In groundbreaking research, an international collaboration of scientists from the University of Rochester have used a beam of neutrinos to measure the size and shape of the protons that make up the nuclei of atoms. This feat, once thought impossible, provides scientists with a new way of looking at the small components of an atom’s nucleus and opens up a wealth of new information about the structure of an atom’s nucleus and the dynamics of the forces that affect neutrino interactions. The researchers solved the challenge of harnessing neutrinos in large numbers by using a neutrino detector containing a target of both hydrogen and carbon atoms, and over nine years of data collection at Fermilab’s accelerator. Read full article here
Merv
March 25, 2023
