Mrs. Whatsit
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Here for the Science. 🧪 🧬 🪐 💙
Few things are better indicators of the day than when you burn your tongue on hot coffee.
October 21, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Few things are better indicators of the day than when you burn your tongue on hot coffee.
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You will not have a good time here if you’re a transphobe.
You will be hunted for sport.
And I think that’s wonderful.
You will be hunted for sport.
And I think that’s wonderful.
October 17, 2024 at 3:22 PM
You will not have a good time here if you’re a transphobe.
You will be hunted for sport.
And I think that’s wonderful.
You will be hunted for sport.
And I think that’s wonderful.
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look at this absolute unit
October 17, 2024 at 1:26 PM
look at this absolute unit
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If you're mad about how schools keep banning books, you REALLY need to pay attention when it's time to vote for your local school board members, like right now! Maybe you don't feel like you have any power to influence national elections, but you can absolutely make a difference in your town.
October 16, 2024 at 7:21 PM
If you're mad about how schools keep banning books, you REALLY need to pay attention when it's time to vote for your local school board members, like right now! Maybe you don't feel like you have any power to influence national elections, but you can absolutely make a difference in your town.
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Over half of North American bat species are at risk of extinction. 🧪 nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
NYAS Publications
We conducted an international expert elicitation to assess 153 bat species in North America. We identified 102 experts from Canada, the United States, and Mexico who could evaluate species status, th....
nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Over half of North American bat species are at risk of extinction. 🧪 nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Probably my favorite shot of the comet tonight
October 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Probably my favorite shot of the comet tonight
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This is honestly an abomination. I have lots of other words for this which you can imagine for yourself. But it's absolutely unacceptable and it means it's entirely up to us to save ourselves. Find a way to help and pitch in.
Morning update: No major national org has a story about Trump calling for an immigrant pogrom, nor a headline that even hints at it.
October 12, 2024 at 10:56 PM
This is honestly an abomination. I have lots of other words for this which you can imagine for yourself. But it's absolutely unacceptable and it means it's entirely up to us to save ourselves. Find a way to help and pitch in.
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Is it too late?? If you have the time, there are full lectures by Scott Hughes (my PhD advisor!) on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
MIT 8.962 General Relativity, Spring 2020
YouTube video by MIT OpenCourseWare
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October 11, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Is it too late?? If you have the time, there are full lectures by Scott Hughes (my PhD advisor!) on YouTube: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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If you have 2+ hours to kill and *nothing* better to do — which I would find very hard to believe — you can listen to me droning on about dark matter and galaxy formation, new telescopes, and some related topics. 🧪
Dark Matter, Galaxy Formation, Dark Energy & Advanced Cosmology | Dr. Mike Boylan-Kolchin
YouTube video by Heights of Humanity Podcast
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October 11, 2024 at 8:34 PM
If you have 2+ hours to kill and *nothing* better to do — which I would find very hard to believe — you can listen to me droning on about dark matter and galaxy formation, new telescopes, and some related topics. 🧪
The universe is watching. :) Young planetary nebulae. (Photo by NASA)
October 10, 2024 at 8:37 PM
The universe is watching. :) Young planetary nebulae. (Photo by NASA)
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While humans are split between right-handers and left-handers, elephants have a preference for which side of their trunk they use. Now scientists have discovered it is possible to determine an elephant’s “trunkedness” by looking at its wrinkles. 🧪🐘
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Wrinkles reveal whether elephants are left- or right-trunked, study finds
Humboldt University of Berlin research also shows Asian elephants have more wrinkles than African cousins
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2024 at 8:18 AM
While humans are split between right-handers and left-handers, elephants have a preference for which side of their trunk they use. Now scientists have discovered it is possible to determine an elephant’s “trunkedness” by looking at its wrinkles. 🧪🐘
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
Bring back the cobbler, please. It’s the second time my heel’s fallen off.
October 9, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Bring back the cobbler, please. It’s the second time my heel’s fallen off.
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Karl Schwarzschild, the German physicist & astronomer who provided the 1st exact solution to #Einstein's field equations and whose name is now associated w/the radius of a black hole's event horizon, is LHL's #ScientistOfTheDay.
www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #physics #OnThisDay🗃️📜
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#histSTM #physics #OnThisDay🗃️📜
October 9, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Karl Schwarzschild, the German physicist & astronomer who provided the 1st exact solution to #Einstein's field equations and whose name is now associated w/the radius of a black hole's event horizon, is LHL's #ScientistOfTheDay.
www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #physics #OnThisDay🗃️📜
www.lindahall.org/about/news/s...
#histSTM #physics #OnThisDay🗃️📜
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THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vaccine against the bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C.diff), that in preclinical studies, protected against succumbing from infection AND prevented recurring cases. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
October 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
THIS IS HUGE! Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a vaccine against the bacterium Clostridioides difficile (C.diff), that in preclinical studies, protected against succumbing from infection AND prevented recurring cases. Let’s talk about that! 🧪🧵⬇️
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This is so, so cool. I cannot wait for Rubin to begin observations! And as big as that mirror is, consider that the Giant Magellan Telescope will be made of *7* mirrors that are *each* that size, for a total diameter of 25.4 meters. In this rendering, people (lower left) look like tiny specks. 🧪
October 9, 2024 at 5:13 PM
This is so, so cool. I cannot wait for Rubin to begin observations! And as big as that mirror is, consider that the Giant Magellan Telescope will be made of *7* mirrors that are *each* that size, for a total diameter of 25.4 meters. In this rendering, people (lower left) look like tiny specks. 🧪
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Harris campaign up with an ad about Trump sending testing equipment to his Kremlin BFF
youtu.be/CbblxOpQPSw
youtu.be/CbblxOpQPSw
Menace | Harris-Walz 2024
YouTube video by Kamala Harris
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October 9, 2024 at 3:00 AM
Harris campaign up with an ad about Trump sending testing equipment to his Kremlin BFF
youtu.be/CbblxOpQPSw
youtu.be/CbblxOpQPSw
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Something happened at the Kremlin.. what is the question..
October 9, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Something happened at the Kremlin.. what is the question..
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Giving bluesky a go! To tell the void that my latest article, '"Mind" and "Mental": Extended, Pluralistic, Eliminated' was just accepted in Synthese, arguing we should get rid of the concept of mind and category mental because they are confused, confusing, and harmful philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24024/
‘Mind’ and ‘mental’: extended, pluralistic, eliminated - PhilSci-Archive
philsci-archive.pitt.edu
October 9, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Giving bluesky a go! To tell the void that my latest article, '"Mind" and "Mental": Extended, Pluralistic, Eliminated' was just accepted in Synthese, arguing we should get rid of the concept of mind and category mental because they are confused, confusing, and harmful philsci-archive.pitt.edu/24024/
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Come October and spooky season I find myself waiting in anticipation for @folktaleweek.bsky.social to announce their prompts! I’m looking forward to taking part and seeing my feed fill with art, inspired by daily prompts November 18 to 24, illustrating folktales, fairytales, myths, legends 🧵1/2
October 9, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Come October and spooky season I find myself waiting in anticipation for @folktaleweek.bsky.social to announce their prompts! I’m looking forward to taking part and seeing my feed fill with art, inspired by daily prompts November 18 to 24, illustrating folktales, fairytales, myths, legends 🧵1/2
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We at Scientific American are delighted that this story just won a @sciencewriters.org award for commentary: www.scientificamerican.com/article/i-wo... 🧪
I Worked in Antarctica for Three Years. My Sexual Harasser Was Never Caught
Hundreds of support staff keep Antarctic research stations running. For decades, workers including me have had little to no protection from sexual harassers and stalkers
www.scientificamerican.com
October 8, 2024 at 10:00 PM
We at Scientific American are delighted that this story just won a @sciencewriters.org award for commentary: www.scientificamerican.com/article/i-wo... 🧪
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For the 1st #Spacetober prompt launch vehicle I chose the original catstronaut Félicette, a Parisian stray tuxedo cat who was recruited into the French space program shown here with the Véronique AGI 47 sounding rocket launch vehicle which transported her to space. 🧪🐡🔭 #histsci The most successful 🧵
October 1, 2024 at 1:05 PM
For the 1st #Spacetober prompt launch vehicle I chose the original catstronaut Félicette, a Parisian stray tuxedo cat who was recruited into the French space program shown here with the Véronique AGI 47 sounding rocket launch vehicle which transported her to space. 🧪🐡🔭 #histsci The most successful 🧵
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When #physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) explained nuclear fission she understood nothing was “lost” (today’s #SciArtSeptember prompt) despite the missing mass after the reaction. 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬🎢 #histsci She worked with chemists Hahn & Straßmann in 30s Berlin, investigating elements beyond uranium. 🧵1/n
September 26, 2024 at 11:42 AM
When #physicist Lise Meitner (1878-1968) explained nuclear fission she understood nothing was “lost” (today’s #SciArtSeptember prompt) despite the missing mass after the reaction. 🐡🧪👩🏼🔬🎢 #histsci She worked with chemists Hahn & Straßmann in 30s Berlin, investigating elements beyond uranium. 🧵1/n
