True tales of science

When two theoretical physicists crossed paths at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York, the Story Collider was born. When storyteller Margot Leitman asked students at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York to describe themselves, Brian Wecht felt confident his answer would be unique. “I thought, ‘I’ve got this nailed,’” he says. He was a postdoc in theoretical physics at the nearby Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. “Oh yeah,” Leitman replie...