Dr. Pruthvi Mehta
@qtheordinary.bsky.social
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Me, after watching every season of DS9:
🎵 All that Quark and what did it get me
🎵 All that Quark and what did it get me
May 5, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Me, after watching every season of DS9:
🎵 All that Quark and what did it get me
🎵 All that Quark and what did it get me
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If it's any comfort (gesundheit!), allergies are caused by a branch of the immune system that evolved to protect us from parasitic infections. 🧪 Here's a nice explainer of what causes seasonal allergies and some tips for how to control them. By @meghanbartels.bsky.social on Scientific American
Why Seasonal Allergies Are So Miserable
Plants are just trying to reproduce; immune systems are just trying to keep us safe
www.scientificamerican.com
April 19, 2024 at 3:29 PM
If it's any comfort (gesundheit!), allergies are caused by a branch of the immune system that evolved to protect us from parasitic infections. 🧪 Here's a nice explainer of what causes seasonal allergies and some tips for how to control them. By @meghanbartels.bsky.social on Scientific American
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I recently saw this picture of Medusa and a blind woman on reddit , and I'm obsessed!
I'm here for a sapphic Medusa
🏳️🌈🤌🥰
I'm here for a sapphic Medusa
🏳️🌈🤌🥰
April 9, 2024 at 10:58 PM
I recently saw this picture of Medusa and a blind woman on reddit , and I'm obsessed!
I'm here for a sapphic Medusa
🏳️🌈🤌🥰
I'm here for a sapphic Medusa
🏳️🌈🤌🥰
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This article is full of fab Peter quotes on declining a Knighthood, not contributing to REF, being unimpressed by the sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” and the “lunatic right” of the Tory party ….. definitely worth a read 🧪🔭⚛️
He was a real legend and will be missed 😔
www.theguardian.com/science/2013...
He was a real legend and will be missed 😔
www.theguardian.com/science/2013...
April 9, 2024 at 5:22 PM
This article is full of fab Peter quotes on declining a Knighthood, not contributing to REF, being unimpressed by the sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” and the “lunatic right” of the Tory party ….. definitely worth a read 🧪🔭⚛️
He was a real legend and will be missed 😔
www.theguardian.com/science/2013...
He was a real legend and will be missed 😔
www.theguardian.com/science/2013...
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Did a short TikTok about the eclipse in my area. My hair was a little unruly. www.tiktok.com/@drskyskull/...
TikTok - Make Your Day
www.tiktok.com
April 8, 2024 at 10:06 PM
Did a short TikTok about the eclipse in my area. My hair was a little unruly. www.tiktok.com/@drskyskull/...
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This is frightening.
April 7, 2024 at 4:03 AM
This is frightening.
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The irony of academia: preaching about diversity and inclusion while maintaining a system that favors the privileged and excludes the marginalized.
April 5, 2024 at 6:18 PM
The irony of academia: preaching about diversity and inclusion while maintaining a system that favors the privileged and excludes the marginalized.
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Nuclear fusion power plant plan reaches 'major milestone.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Nuclear fusion power plant plan reaches 'major milestone'
First Light Fusion, in Oxfordshire, hopes to develop a commercial fusion power plant.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 4, 2024 at 5:58 AM
Nuclear fusion power plant plan reaches 'major milestone.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
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Random thought: one of my favorite connections in the original Star Wars trilogy is C-3PO saying in Episode IV that he's not much of a storyteller and then he tells a story to the Ewoks in Episode VI that gets them to fight the Empire and save all their asses
April 2, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Random thought: one of my favorite connections in the original Star Wars trilogy is C-3PO saying in Episode IV that he's not much of a storyteller and then he tells a story to the Ewoks in Episode VI that gets them to fight the Empire and save all their asses
More info about me for my new followers (and thank you to @drskyskull.bsky.social for the shout out 🥰❤️!!)
I'm a patent scientist and have a PhD in particle physics from the University of Liverpool, I love sci-fi and am a big Trekkie 🖖🏽
I have also written for @physicsworld.bsky.social :
I'm a patent scientist and have a PhD in particle physics from the University of Liverpool, I love sci-fi and am a big Trekkie 🖖🏽
I have also written for @physicsworld.bsky.social :
Pruthvi Mehta, Author at Physics World
physicsworld.com
April 2, 2024 at 8:17 PM
More info about me for my new followers (and thank you to @drskyskull.bsky.social for the shout out 🥰❤️!!)
I'm a patent scientist and have a PhD in particle physics from the University of Liverpool, I love sci-fi and am a big Trekkie 🖖🏽
I have also written for @physicsworld.bsky.social :
I'm a patent scientist and have a PhD in particle physics from the University of Liverpool, I love sci-fi and am a big Trekkie 🖖🏽
I have also written for @physicsworld.bsky.social :
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Pretty confident that Israel doesn’t care about their reputation. They see a chance to end their Palestine “problem” once and for all and will keep going until they can’t anymore.
The Biden administration is concerned Israel is making a "major strategic error" by denying "major, possibly generational damage" to Israel's reputation worldwide over its war in Gaza, according to a State Department memo obtained by NPR.
A State Department official warns Israel of 'major' reputational damage in Gaza war
Assistant Secretary of State Bill Russo told Israeli officials last week the Gaza war is damaging Israel's global reputation, potentially lasting a generation, according to a readout obtained by NPR.
www.npr.org
March 22, 2024 at 8:04 PM
Pretty confident that Israel doesn’t care about their reputation. They see a chance to end their Palestine “problem” once and for all and will keep going until they can’t anymore.
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Incidentally, my late PhD advisor, who got his degree during WWII and was one of the greatest optical scientists in history, was a very old school teacher. But he was kind and supportive and understanding, even though his classes were very difficult.
Even twenty years ago, we had a term for professors who are absurdly strict and cruel to their students. We called them “assholes.”
How is your day going?
March 21, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Incidentally, my late PhD advisor, who got his degree during WWII and was one of the greatest optical scientists in history, was a very old school teacher. But he was kind and supportive and understanding, even though his classes were very difficult.
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This is SO cool. A little more about it here: www.arthurganson.com/beholding-th...
March 9, 2024 at 11:38 PM
This is SO cool. A little more about it here: www.arthurganson.com/beholding-th...
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Among my favourite novels, and the best fiction exploring the realities of film making. The UK edition has a lovely dustwrapper.
March 9, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Among my favourite novels, and the best fiction exploring the realities of film making. The UK edition has a lovely dustwrapper.
for international women's day i dislocated my kneecap 🫡✌🏼
March 9, 2024 at 2:35 AM
for international women's day i dislocated my kneecap 🫡✌🏼
📢everyone please watch The Infinite Review!!!📢
imo The Infinite Review guys are genuniely some of the funniest people on youtube, it's nuts that they have like less than 50K subscribers
March 7, 2024 at 9:43 AM
📢everyone please watch The Infinite Review!!!📢
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Random phone photo of the day:
March 4, 2024 at 12:41 AM
Random phone photo of the day:
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Hey my retrospective article on the physics of invisibility has been selected as an Editor's Pick! opg.optica.org/JOSAA/abstra...
Visions of invisibility in optics: retrospective
Invisibility was long thought to be exclusively the domain of science fiction and fantasy authors, but in recent years it has been the subject of extensive theoretical and experimental research. In th...
opg.optica.org
March 2, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Hey my retrospective article on the physics of invisibility has been selected as an Editor's Pick! opg.optica.org/JOSAA/abstra...