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Katie Mack
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A thing a lot of people don't seem to be aware of is that the proportion of astronomers who believe there is alien life of some sort in the universe
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When you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras, and don’t get baited into arguments by people who are outraged by your refusal to entertain the possibility that zebras might exist
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Watching the snow fall outside and thinking about terminal velocity, and how much less peaceful this whole scene would look without air resistance. Terminal velocity is the final speed
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It’s funny people use Einstein as the archetype of a “lone genius” outside the “establishment” because he was “just a patent clerk.”He was, at that time, also a PhD student
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There's a disconnect around the concept of "consensus" in science. People say: science would never advance if we trusted consensus.The point is: consensus is the best info experts have. If
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I still see people using COVID risk descriptions that don't consider the kind of space you're sharing. This analogy from May might be useful -- the key thing is HOW
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It is Friday night and I feel the need to tell you a thing about being stardust Yes, you are made of stars. Yes, you, in particular.Mostly.All that carbon, oxygen,
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Vaccines are combat training for your immune system. They show it what to expect from a virus/bacteria so your cells can build a better defense when the actual pathogen arrives.
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If you give my book as a gift you can write on the card "I will love you until the end of the universe"! It's really a very romantic kind
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When I'm asked to give advice to students, the #1 piece of advice I give is this:Just because a subject is hard for you (math/science/etc), that doesn't mean you're "not
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In quantum mechanics, there's uncertainty built into every physical process. Let's say an electron could go left or right at a junction. Before you check, you can't know where the
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I wanna say a little bit about math. Pandemic math, specifically.I hear a lot of people saying that the risk of dying from COVID-19, especially when young & healthy, is
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