Not exactly what you're describing but the YouTube Sarah Z just posted a video about the cheating epidemic in chess. I don't know anything about chess but I enjoyed it!

My instinct is it's no less useful in those contexts! But I see why you don't.

Totally agree that it's not an accurate descriptor of how any kind of telescope works, LIGO or otherwise! Just that I think "listening" as a verb is useful because it communicates more to the layperson than "searching" or something like that. Ymmv on whether such simplifications are worthwhile.

I see where you're coming from but I think "listening" is a helpful simplification for a lot of kinds of observation! It's more intuitive than "looking for" or things like that and it invokes the need for careful attention, the idea of noise, all kinds of helpful analogies from lived experience.

"Serves that cocktail like places can" ??? My god

They're both gorgeous! But the black and white one has a particular charm, in my opinion. It also enhances the contrast between the snow, the climbers, and the rock.