kjrunia
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An adult learner reading for a BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Physics (final year)
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Great news: Johns Hopkins makes tuition free for most undergraduate students. ($200k/year or less is about 85% of American households.)
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
Johns Hopkins becomes tuition-free for undergraduate students from families earning up to $200,000
New tuition promise program will offer free tuition for students from more than 85% of American households and tuition plus living expenses for families earning up to $100,000
hub.jhu.edu
November 13, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Great news: Johns Hopkins makes tuition free for most undergraduate students. ($200k/year or less is about 85% of American households.)
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...
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Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
October 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone?
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate.
They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.
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[flashlight under chin]
The Hamiltonian wasn’t diagonalized.
The Hamiltonian wasn’t diagonalized.
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
rm -rf ~/
rm -rf ~/
"The chancellor approved it"
October 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
[flashlight under chin]
The Hamiltonian wasn’t diagonalized.
The Hamiltonian wasn’t diagonalized.
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quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
October 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric
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An appeal to help preserve a unique archive of recorded scientific talks.
Nobel Prize Laureate Roger Penrose, Yvette Fuentes, and myself, request your help in order to save an archive of incredible scientific and historical value. Please raise awareness by *sharing*, or *contribute*:
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/roger-penr...
Roger Penrose & Friends Appeal for Unique Archive
To digitise and restore the worlds largest collection of audio and visual recordings within the scientific community, spanning over 50 years
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 8:42 PM
An appeal to help preserve a unique archive of recorded scientific talks.
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Astrophysicist Dr. Jaqueline Hewitt, known for pioneering work on gravitational lensing, was born #OTD in 1958.
In 1987 she led the team of observers at the Very Large Array that discovered the first "Einstein ring." (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Images: Hewitt et al, Nature 333, 537 (1988)
In 1987 she led the team of observers at the Very Large Array that discovered the first "Einstein ring." (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Images: Hewitt et al, Nature 333, 537 (1988)
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Astrophysicist Dr. Jaqueline Hewitt, known for pioneering work on gravitational lensing, was born #OTD in 1958.
In 1987 she led the team of observers at the Very Large Array that discovered the first "Einstein ring." (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Images: Hewitt et al, Nature 333, 537 (1988)
In 1987 she led the team of observers at the Very Large Array that discovered the first "Einstein ring." (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩🔬 ⚛️
Images: Hewitt et al, Nature 333, 537 (1988)
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Geneticist Liane Russell was born #OTD in 1923.
She pioneered the study of mutagenesis and teratogenesis due to radiation, and identified the role of the Y chromosome in sex determination. Her work led to diagnostic x-ray safety standards for women of childbearing age. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
She pioneered the study of mutagenesis and teratogenesis due to radiation, and identified the role of the Y chromosome in sex determination. Her work led to diagnostic x-ray safety standards for women of childbearing age. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
August 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Geneticist Liane Russell was born #OTD in 1923.
She pioneered the study of mutagenesis and teratogenesis due to radiation, and identified the role of the Y chromosome in sex determination. Her work led to diagnostic x-ray safety standards for women of childbearing age. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
She pioneered the study of mutagenesis and teratogenesis due to radiation, and identified the role of the Y chromosome in sex determination. Her work led to diagnostic x-ray safety standards for women of childbearing age. 🧪 👩🔬 ⚛️
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Turns out most Americans (70%) believe US universities should be receiving previous levels of funding - or even more! - to advance scientific research.
August 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Turns out most Americans (70%) believe US universities should be receiving previous levels of funding - or even more! - to advance scientific research.
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Devastating cuts to humanities education. If even somewhat accurate, this is terrible news for the University of Chicago. And a bleak outlook for universities elsewhere.
The scariest prospect is if, as Ando says, leaders of the faculty are promoting this rather than resisting as much as they can.
The scariest prospect is if, as Ando says, leaders of the faculty are promoting this rather than resisting as much as they can.
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Devastating cuts to humanities education. If even somewhat accurate, this is terrible news for the University of Chicago. And a bleak outlook for universities elsewhere.
The scariest prospect is if, as Ando says, leaders of the faculty are promoting this rather than resisting as much as they can.
The scariest prospect is if, as Ando says, leaders of the faculty are promoting this rather than resisting as much as they can.
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I think Elon and Trump need to go on Piers Morgan and have a civilized discussion
June 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I think Elon and Trump need to go on Piers Morgan and have a civilized discussion