Schrodinger’s cat – dead, alive, or surreal? We just don’t know.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have demonstrated what they’re calling “quantum surrealism.” Not only can you not predict a photon’s location and speed at the same time, your calculations might be inaccurate because these particles can have “surreal trajectories” influenced by other particles nearby. (Phys.org)

Speaking of Canada: Tim Hortons is trying to get in on that sweet, sweet American caffeine money. Will this chain be able to compete with Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts with its new stores in Indianapolis and Cincinnati, or is expanded success just a figment of Canadian coffee CEOs’ imaginations? (St. Louis Today)

Facebook is expanding into virtual reality. They’re developing a new product called the Oculus Rift, with games as well as social apps. And, apparently, it’s already going well enough that Mark Zuckerberg played zero-gravity ping pong with the president of Indonesia yesterday. (Wired)

If you thought college applications were bad, take heart in the fact that at least they aren’t NASA applications – NASA put out a call for astronauts last November, and they received over 18,000 applicants. For fourteen spots. That’s a success rate smaller than your chances of actually getting a drink from a Butler water fountain. (Discovery News)

Finally, a conservative opinion website believes that the views expressed in a recent Spec Op Ed by Courtney Coulliard, BC ’17 are naive and impossible to achieve. Because, apparently, asking that a small part of the enormous tuition we pay goes to controlling bodily functions that over half of the student body has no choice over is the “ridiculous” opinion of “feminist nitwits.” (The Federalist Papers)

Our furtive feline friend via Dave Scelfo from Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, USA – choco, CC BY-SA 2.0