All hands on deck

Some theorists have taken to designing their own experiments to broaden the search for dark matter. From a young age, Philip Schuster knew he wanted to go into particle physics. As an undergraduate, he became involved in a number of research projects with experimentalists. But, like many other students pursuing a career in physics, he reached a point when he had to narrow his path. "When you're going into graduate school, you have to make a very stark choice between going in the direction of the...