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Louis Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie, the 7e duc de Broglie, was born #OTD in 1892. He postulated that matter must have wave-like properties, one of the defining features of
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The astronomer Vera Rubin was born #OTD in 1928. Her work on galactic rotation curves became one of the main pieces of evidence for the existence of dark matter, and
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The astronomer Vera Rubin was born #OTD in 1928. Her work on galactic rotation curves became one of the main pieces of evidence for the existence of dark matter, and
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The Dutch physicist Hendrik Antoon Lorentz was born #OTD in 1853. Here he is on the right next to an unidentified German scientist, probably one of his many admirers.Photo: Paul
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The nuclear physicist Harriet Brooks, who was probably the first person to notice the recoil of an atomic nucleus due to emissions during nuclear decay, was born #OTD in 1876.Credit:
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The physicist Maria Goeppert Mayer was born #OTD in 1906. She developed the nuclear shell model of the nucleus, for which she was awarded the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics.Image:
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I got an email today that opened with the old "I hope this email finds you well." No email finds anyone well right now. "I hope this email finds you
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Announcements like these are always thrilling, but now is the time to be cautious! The tritium contamination needed to explain what they see is *very* small, and almost as significant
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