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Even if you don't think you like geometry, give this column by @PhysicsToday's Johanna Miller a try physicstoday.scitation.org/d…
Also see Johanna's takes on climate change, graduate school, orgo class, and more physicstoday.scitation.org/t…
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The new piece in the @NewYorker is my first experience with rigorous journalistic fact checking. It was great!
I'd often heard that it's inappropriate to ask a journalist to show you what they've written about a new story for accuracy—subject veto is a huge journalistic no-no.
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Congratulations, @alexwitze on your AGU award. Judges on Alex : “With her deep expertise in geosciences, planetary sciences and astrophysics coupled with her captivating writing style, she is one the finest science writers at the current time.” Can confirm news.agu.org/press-release/a…
Glad that this great @PhysicsToday piece by @davidneiladam is getting attention: How can a crystal melt sometimes at 65 °C, other times at 100 °C? physicstoday.scitation.org/d…
TIL Allied forces relied on a brass analog computer designed by Lord Kelvin to predict the tides for the Normandy invasion #DDay75thAnniversary
Today is the 75th anniversary of D-Day. The Allies' accurate prediction of astronomical tides was crucial for the success of the Normandy invasion doi.org/10.1063/PT.3.1257 #DDay75
I never took organic chemistry in college, but I heard horror stories from friends who did. I feel like they would have done better with this approach (less rote memorization!) physicstoday.scitation.org/d…
I remember talking to Gell-Mann for hours as a nervous, inexperienced @DiscoverMag fact checker for this 2009 Q&A discovermagazine.com/2009/ap… Still one of my most memorable experiences as a journalist!
Murray Gell-Mann, Nobel Prize–winning particle theorist and cofounder of @sfiscience, has died at age 89. He is best known for the quark model, but he's also responsible for introducing SU(3) symmetry, strangeness, and more.
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A big advantage of the #SIredefinition is simplicity: Distinction between base and derived units becomes less important. See diagram of connections between units under the old system vs table of units and their underlying constants under the new system #WorldMetrologyDay
Someone on @Wikipedia has been having some fun with the list of physics Nobel laureates en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o… @bigbangtheory
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Is there a talented, creative science writer out there who wants to work at Science News for Students? We've got a 10-month staff writer position open (covering for @BeeBrookshire). Please apply! @culturedish societyforscience.org/staff-…
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“Are women scientists still such an anomaly that pointing out their sheer presence is valuable?” -@physxtine
I hope we can get to a point where we can discuss a big scientific triumph by a woman in science without having to always add “and omg look she’s a WOMAN!”
The coverage of the black hole image last month made me cringe (metaphorically) as it shifted from the result itself to one woman in the collaboration. I love seeing women doing science, but not all coverage is equal or beneficial. physicstoday.scitation.org/d…
A fresh and important take on the media coverage of Katie Bouman and the Event Horizon Telescope, and the impact it has on current and future women scientists physicstoday.scitation.org/d…
The coverage of the black hole image last month made me cringe (metaphorically) as it shifted from the result itself to one woman in the collaboration. I love seeing women doing science, but not all coverage is equal or beneficial. physicstoday.scitation.org/d…
My favorite anecdote from tracking down Nazi Germany uranium cubes: The kids who stole dozens of the cubes and threw them into a river to watch them spark physicstoday.scitation.org/d…
Ready to dig into the details of #EHTBlackHole? Here is a suite of papers in Astrophysical Journal Letters iopscience.iop.org/journal/2…
