Luke McKinneyThe Next Fifteen Even Larger-er Hadroner Colliderers!Studying the tiniest particles requires the largest and most expensive machines, but tragically few scientists are studying whether this…4 min read·Feb 13, 2019----
Luke McKinneyMario Kart and the Most Important Data Science Article Ever In The History of AnythingHeadline: “The best Mario Kart character according to data science”!4 min read·Jun 25, 2018----
Luke McKinneyTimes Offices Under Attack In Alternate Universe Where Nazis WonThe offices of The Times are under attack in an alternate universe where the Nazis won the second world war.2 min read·May 21, 2018----
Luke McKinneyScientists Detect Actual Offense Caused by Ricky GervaisLIGO researchers celebrated yesterday after making the most sensitive measurement in human history, successfully measuring actual offense…3 min read·May 17, 2018----
Luke McKinneyGuide to the Number of Porcelain Figurines in Your GardenPorcelain figurines happen. There doesn’t seem to be any way of stopping it. The first step in solving any problem is quantifying it, if…2 min read·Mar 23, 2018----
Luke McKinneyThe Novel is Doomed Except For My Literary Masterwork Which Definitely Isn’t a Stupid Gimmick — by……. ….! the novel …. ….! doomed …. ….! except for my new book Phone where I wrote … six hundred pages …. insistently persistently … without…4 min read·Mar 18, 2018----
Luke McKinneyTechbros Trying to Crash RealitySilicon valley billionaires are trying to prove reality is a simulation, and end it, because bored assholes buying cheats always ruin…4 min read·Feb 17, 2018----
Luke McKinneyHogwarts and the House of MugsMagic isn’t the most impossible thing in Harry Potter. Imagining muggle kids could care about “house” bullshit more than being called…4 min read·Sep 9, 2017----
Luke McKinneyThe Awful Algebra of ACTIVATEUK politics plumbed new depths with the launch of “ACTIVATE”, the Tory attempt to counter Labour’s Momentum, and what the hell is with that…3 min read·Aug 30, 2017----
Luke McKinneyStock Photo Science“Of COURSE we have to wear lab coats, do you have ANY IDEA how toxic chalk is? You do? What, really? Oh, well, they still look smart.”3 min read·Jul 18, 2017----