Mr Romano
@mrromano.bsky.social
Teacher of physics and maths in Edinburgh, Scotland.
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In 1965, Paula Harris would find algorithmic improvements that made LP solving 50% less expensive. She was a senior mathematician in the computing group at British Petroleum
Today, 60 years later, her former colleagues still speak in awe of her intelligence
Today, 60 years later, her former colleagues still speak in awe of her intelligence
May 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
In 1965, Paula Harris would find algorithmic improvements that made LP solving 50% less expensive. She was a senior mathematician in the computing group at British Petroleum
Today, 60 years later, her former colleagues still speak in awe of her intelligence
Today, 60 years later, her former colleagues still speak in awe of her intelligence
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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.
Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.
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Why are biofuels being so heavily pushed despite their obvious, MASSIVE inefficiencies?
Because they're a fig leaf for continuing to burn stuff, above all fossil fuels.
Because they're a fig leaf for continuing to burn stuff, above all fossil fuels.
"It would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels." www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-...
New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It’s no contest.
In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels.
www.anthropocenemagazine.org
April 29, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Why are biofuels being so heavily pushed despite their obvious, MASSIVE inefficiencies?
Because they're a fig leaf for continuing to burn stuff, above all fossil fuels.
Because they're a fig leaf for continuing to burn stuff, above all fossil fuels.
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Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
April 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
Here is Earth's rotation realized in an unusual way: using a camera scanning the landscape of Tivoli, Namibia, Bartosz Wojczyński focused on the sky.
He created a timelapse spanning 24 h that has a focal point in the sky rather than on the ground.
➡️ apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap20070...
🔭 🧪 #galactic
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Chemist Reatha Clark King was born #OTD in 1938.
Her calorimetry work on gaseous fluorine compounds at the National Bureau of Standards contributed to NASA's investigations of various rocket fuels for the space program. She was the first Black woman to work as a chemist at NIST. 🧪 👩🏾🔬
Her calorimetry work on gaseous fluorine compounds at the National Bureau of Standards contributed to NASA's investigations of various rocket fuels for the space program. She was the first Black woman to work as a chemist at NIST. 🧪 👩🏾🔬
April 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Chemist Reatha Clark King was born #OTD in 1938.
Her calorimetry work on gaseous fluorine compounds at the National Bureau of Standards contributed to NASA's investigations of various rocket fuels for the space program. She was the first Black woman to work as a chemist at NIST. 🧪 👩🏾🔬
Her calorimetry work on gaseous fluorine compounds at the National Bureau of Standards contributed to NASA's investigations of various rocket fuels for the space program. She was the first Black woman to work as a chemist at NIST. 🧪 👩🏾🔬
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I noted the plaintiff in the case against the military transgender ban that just resulted in a nationwide injunction against it, out of WA state, is Commander Emily Shilling, a Navy fighter and test pilot who transitioned while in the service.
glaad.org/transgender-...
glaad.org/transgender-...
Transgender Military Service Member: “I am proof that we are qualified to serve” | GLAAD
Commander Emily Shilling, a U.S. Naval aviator who is also an out transgender woman, is already serving in the military, already making our country safer and stronger, already well qualified. "I have ...
glaad.org
March 28, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I noted the plaintiff in the case against the military transgender ban that just resulted in a nationwide injunction against it, out of WA state, is Commander Emily Shilling, a Navy fighter and test pilot who transitioned while in the service.
glaad.org/transgender-...
glaad.org/transgender-...
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70 km above Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Captured during the Huygens probe's descent
February 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
70 km above Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Captured during the Huygens probe's descent
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Gamma ray image of the Milky Way taken by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's Large Area Telescope. The bright glow along the middle is the Milky Way's central plane.
Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
#galaxy #space #milkyway #universe #astrophysics
Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
#galaxy #space #milkyway #universe #astrophysics
February 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Gamma ray image of the Milky Way taken by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope's Large Area Telescope. The bright glow along the middle is the Milky Way's central plane.
Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
#galaxy #space #milkyway #universe #astrophysics
Credit: NASA/DOE/Fermi LAT Collaboration
#galaxy #space #milkyway #universe #astrophysics
January 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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Saturn, taken by the JWST
December 6, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Saturn, taken by the JWST
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December 6, 2024 at 2:56 PM
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