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Peruse these weekly highlights of Quantum Diaries to recapture the magic of 2005, the World Year of Physics.

2006

January 2
A fond farewell
Peter Steinberg, Tommaso Dorigo, Debbie Harris, Frederic Deliot, Gordon Watts, Caolionn O'Connell, Ursula Bassler, Nick Brook, David Waller, Zhi-Zhong Xing, Anuj Purwar, Sandra Leone, Maaike Limper, Alex Koutsman, Rob Gardner, Sarah Phillips, Rosa Alba

2005

December 26
'Tis the season
Caolionn O'Connell, Maaike Limper

Back to basics
Peter Steinberg, Stephon Alexander


December 19
How to get things done
Gordon Watts, Frank Linde, Ursula Bassler

Funding highs and lows
Frank Linde, Sarah Phillips, Peter Steinberg

Parental influence
Debbie Harris, Tommaso Dorigo


December 12
Six degrees of physicists
Peter Steinberg, Gordon Watts, Ursula Bassler

Unexpected passions
Caolionn O'Connell, Gordon Watts


December 5
Making progress
Rob Gardner, Caolionn O'Connell

Making a difference
Anuj Purwar, Ursula Bassler


November 28
A beginning and an end
Jose Ocariz, Gordon Watts

Quantum Diaries potpourri
Tommaso Dorigo, Caolionn O'Connell, Stephon Alexander


November 21
The "graying" of Quantum Diaries
Gordon Watts, Tommaso Dorigo, Marcello Pavan

What are they teaching those kids these days?
Peter Steinberg, Caolionn O'Connell


November 14
Women in science, redux
Caolionn O'Connell, Debbie Harris

Big machines
Gordon Watts, Sarah Phillips


November 7
Quantum Diarists in costume
Anuj Purwar, Sarah Phillips, Caolionn O'Connell, Debbie Harris

Talking about physics
Gordon Watts, Peter Steinberg, Caolionn O'Connell


October 31
About blogging
Gordon Watts, Peter Steinberg

Women supporting women in physics
Ursula Bassler, Caolionn O'Connell

White Sox win!
Rob Gardner, Caolionn O'Connell


October 24
So you want to be the next Einstein?
David Waller, Frederic Deliot, Peter Steinberg, Sandra Leone

Top turns ten
Gordon Watts, Sandra Leone


October 17
Quantum Diaries Career Week
Claire Gray, Sarah Phillips, Debbie Harris

Einstein: What's the Big Idea?
Anuj Purwar, David Waller


October 10
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded
Claire Gray, Makoto Fujiwara, Peter Steinberg

Quantum Diaries Career Week II

Einstein: What's the Big Idea?
Paula Apsell, Peter Steinberg, Sandra Leone


October 3
Quantum Diaries special blog: Einstein: What's the Big Idea?
Paula Apsell, Jochen Weller, Ursula Bassler


September 26
Pregnancy, parenthood, and a life in physics
Ursula Bassler, Frederic Deliot, Debbie Harris, Caolionn O'Connell


September 19
Neutrino paparazzi
David Waller, Debbie Harris, Stephon Alexander


September 12
A "cooler" face for physics
Sarah Phillips, Caolionn O'Connell

The downside
Gordon Watts, Tommaso Dorigo, Sarah Phillips


September 6
Quantum Diarists react to Katrina
Gordon Watts, Ursula Bassler, Caolionn O'Connell

Firsts
Caolionn O'Connell, Alex Koutsman, Ursula Bassler


August 29
Quantum Diarists weigh in on Intelligent Design
Peter Steinberg, Gordon Watts

Congratulations are in order
Marcello Pavan, Sophie Trincaz-Duvoid, Tommaso Dorigo


August 22
Give me a break
Ursula Bassler, Gordon Watt, Peter Steinberg

What's on your mind?
Stephon Alexander, Debbie Harris, Caolionn O'Connell


August 15
Fun and games
David Waller, Sarah Phillips, Rob Gardner

Triumphs in computing
Gordon Watts, Rob Gardner, Ursula Bassler


August 8
Science in the summertime
Shohei Nishida, Marcello Pavan, David Waller, Peter Steinberg

The latest thing
Jochen Weller, Ursula Bassler


August 1
Physics drop-out wins What the *****?
Dennis Sustare

Who discovered the top quark?
Gordon Watts, Tommaso Dorigo


July 25
What the *****?
Shohei Nishida

Summer entertainment
Caolionn O'Connell, Gordon Watts, Peter Steinberg, Ursula Bassler, Stephon Alexander


July 18
Quantum Diaries encounter
Peter Steinberg, Sarah Phillips

And in other travels...
Gordon Watts, Caolionn O'Connell, José Ocariz


July 11
Reports from London
John Ellis, Gordon Watts

Parent + Physicist
Debbie Harris, David Waller


July 5
The real Batman
Gordon Watts, Rob Gardner

All in the numbers
Debbie Harris, Gordon Watts, Tommaso Dorigo


June 27
The Heat Is On
Sarah Phillips, Peter Steinberg, Gordon Watts

Reports from the Road
Ursula Bassler, Rob Gardner, Gordon Watts


June 20
Conference tales
Ursula Bassler, Gordon Watts, Rob Gardner

Pop physics
David Waller, Peter Steinberg


June 13
Ends...and beginnings
Caolionn O'Connell, Peter Steinberg, Marcello Pavan

Physics outreach
Tommaso Dorigo, Jochen Weller, Peter Steinberg, Caolionn O'Connell


June 6
Get political
Sarah Phillips, José Ocariz, Frank Linde

Spring fever (though it's nearly summer)
Caolionn O'Connell, Gordon Watts


May 30
Quantum Diaries Career Week closes

Move over Quantum Diarists--here they come!
Marcello Pavan, Debbie Harris, Claire Gray


May 23
Quantum Diaries Career Week is here!

Why physics?
Gordon Watts, Tommaso Dorigo


May 16
See and be seen
Caolionn O'Connell, Gordon Watts, Makoto Fujiwara, John Ellis, Zhi-Zhong Xing

Putting it out there
Stephon Alexander, Caolionn O'Connell, Peter Steinberg, Tommaso Dorigo, Alex Koutsman


May 9
Music in the air/Einstein
Stephon Alexander, Peter Steinberg, Sarah Phillips, Ursula Bassler

The power of BLOG
Several QDers, Anuj Purwar


May 2
Tour of CERN
Gordon Watts, Frank Linde, Makoto Fujiwara

All eyes on the Holy See
Ursula Bassler, Bryan Dahmes, Tommaso Dorigo


April 25
Going public (or not)
Peter Steinberg, Tommaso Dorigo, Sandra Leone

Almost famous
Frank Linde, Marcello Pavan, Gordon Watts


April 18
A day in the life
Gordon Watts, Peter Steinberg, Sarah Phillips, Shohei Nishida

Survey says...
Claire Gray, Anuj Purwar

A bit of physics history
Peter Steinberg, Gordon Watts, Zhi-Zhong Xing


April 11
When things don't go as planned
Stephon Alexander, Makoto Fujiwara

QD's Journal of Informal Studies
Ursula Bassler, Tommaso Dorigo


April 4
April Fools' and March Madness
Gordon Watts, Jochen Weller, Bryan Dahmes

The season to say "I do"
Frederic Deliot, Anuj Purwar, Caolionn O'Connell


March 28
Attached to technology
Bryan Dahmes, Caolionn O'Connell, Gordon Watts, José Ocariz

You call that "simple?!"
Stephon Alexander

Hoppy Easter
Caolionn O'Connell, Karsten Heeger


March 21
Reaching out
Caolionn O'Connell, Debbie Harris, Peter Steinberg

The jet set
Frederic Deliot, John Ellis


March 14
Puzzles, inside jokes, and other enigmas
Tommaso Dorigo, Claire Gray, Sarah Phillips, Peter Steinberg

Taking turns
Ursula Bassler, José Ocariz, Debbie Harris


March 7
Games physicists play
Caolionn O’Connell, Bryan Dahmes, Maaike Limper

Presentations physicists give
Tommaso Dorigo, Jochen Weller

Places physicists live (and work)
Sarah Phillips, Claire Gray, Gordon Watts, Makoto Fujiwara


February 28
A week of the strong (force, that is)
John Ellis, Tommaso Dorigo, Peter Steinberg

What physicists want
Ursula Bassler, Caolionn O’Connell


February 21
I would make a good candidate because...
Stephon Alexander, Caolionn O'Connell, Debbie Harris, Gordon Watts

A picture is worth a thousand words
Frederic Deliot, Tommaso Dorigo, Peter Steinberg


February 14
Who’s going to pay for this?
Gordon Watts, Peter Steinberg, Jochen Weller, Caolionn O’Connell

Parents in science: Quantum Diarists speak up
Sandra Leone, Frederic Deliot, David Waller

Physicists in love: a Valentine’s Day special
Caolionn O’Connell, Gordon Watts


February 7
Women in science: Quantum Diarists speak up
Caolionn O'Connell, Gordon Watts, Debbie Harris, Sophie Trincaz-Duvoid, Ursula Bassler

Meeting madness
Frederic Deliot, Karsten Buesser, Jochen Weller


January 31
The art of not getting scooped
Stephon Alexander, Peter Steinberg, Tommaso Dorigo

Life, the Universe, and Everything
Caolionn O'Connell, John Ellis, Peter Steinberg

Are physicists bad programmers?
Gordon Watts, Jochen Weller


January 21
We know what they write. But what do they read?
John Elli, Peter Steinberg, José Ocariz

Speaking of music...
Alex Koutsman, Stephon Alexander

Making Connections, Part 2
Gordon Watts, Caolionn O'Connell, Karsten Buesser


January 14
Lab/life parallels.
Gordon Watts, Debbie Harris, Makoto Fujiwara

Physics family reunion
Tommaso Dorigo, Caolionn O'Connell

Making connections
José Ocariz, Nick Brook, Jochen Weller, Peter Steinberg