Every year in October our UCSB Physics faculty present an explanation of the Nobel Prize in Physics for that year.

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During Halloween season, it’s not uncommon to see your neighbors’ front yards adorned with fake tombstones and ghosts. While some might refer to this as graveyard decor, others go with cemetery.