K. Jones ☕🧪🏳️🌈
@kjones47.bsky.social
fifth-year inorganic chemistry phd student. not sure how i got here. they/them.
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The "friendship paradox" explains why on average people's friends have more friends than they do (or coauthors have more coauthors, or sexual partners more sexual partners) 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
Math Explains Why Your Friends Are More Popular Than You
The inspection paradox makes sense of social networks, long train wait times and why the call center is always busy
www.scientificamerican.com
January 18, 2024 at 1:43 PM
The "friendship paradox" explains why on average people's friends have more friends than they do (or coauthors have more coauthors, or sexual partners more sexual partners) 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/math...
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This is a fun story about how salt stops roads from icing up, and how we could do it better — like using cheese brine on roads in Wisconsin 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social on Scientific American
Why Does Salting Roads Make Them Safer?
How salt makes roads safer in winter—and why new methods could be better for the environment
www.scientificamerican.com
January 16, 2024 at 3:44 PM
This is a fun story about how salt stops roads from icing up, and how we could do it better — like using cheese brine on roads in Wisconsin 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-... by @meghanbartels.bsky.social on Scientific American
two weeks of trying to figure out why i can't reproduce old experimental results will have me saying things like 'i should have majored in music.'
December 13, 2023 at 1:42 PM
two weeks of trying to figure out why i can't reproduce old experimental results will have me saying things like 'i should have majored in music.'
trying to figure out why i'm having issues replicating results from a year ago like boy this sure would be easier if i had been as thorough in my notes a year ago as i am now!
December 7, 2023 at 2:27 PM
trying to figure out why i'm having issues replicating results from a year ago like boy this sure would be easier if i had been as thorough in my notes a year ago as i am now!
finally got onto this app after realising i do sort of miss #academicTwitter (whoops). we'll see how this goes!
December 7, 2023 at 8:39 AM
finally got onto this app after realising i do sort of miss #academicTwitter (whoops). we'll see how this goes!
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Do check out this collection on the important topic of disability inclusion in chemistry. #DEI
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...
Disability inclusion in chemistry
A collection to highlight an all-too-often overlooked aspect of DEI in chemistry: disability.
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December 4, 2023 at 12:25 PM
Do check out this collection on the important topic of disability inclusion in chemistry. #DEI
www.nature.com/collections/...
www.nature.com/collections/...