#Physicist

Scoop: A NASA-funded team of scientists working on an engine for an interstellar spacecraft believes they’ve had a breakthrough in propellantless propulsion.https://www.wired.com/story/mach-effect-thrusters-interstellar-travel/ If they’
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The sun shines because of fusion. It's in every middle school science book! So scientists must've been 100% sure of this fact for a long time, right?What if I told
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1/n. We were discussing this comic by @xkcd while examining simulated lunar regolith, today. It came from this great piece about research by physicist Dr. Karen Daniels on why SAND
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As a physicist, I bow down to Yuzuru Axel Overlord Hanyu. Part 4: 3 Axel edition. Im gonna skip over the back counter entry because I plan to do a
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1/x Earlier, I watched a @60Minutes interview a victim of the #CubaEmbassy, notably I am not an astrophysicist or a particle physicist buff.(Disclaimer). This article in @politico discusses the potential
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What if We’re Just Bubbles Living in a Bubble Bath?Thread What we’ll explore in this thread:⁃What the multiverse theory is⁃Atomist vs. Stoic thinking ⁃The scientific basis behind the multiverse theory
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YALLAH ( i know 99% of the TL doesn't care about maths/science but sorry not sorry) DAY 1 - Best physics equation of all time : Maxwell's equations. Technically it's
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As far as I can tell, Bertrand Russell's "neutral monism" is just a logically-denatured, reheated misunderstanding of William James' "pure experience" (there's some Mach in there too but go with
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Allow me to debunk a nonsensical scare story in the @spectator yesterday, claiming electric cars are impossible because they would lead to a complete replacement of the electricity grid.https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/boris-s-green-indu
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All the atoms in the world (including living beings, non living, all stars, galaxies, debris) constitute less than 5% of the total universe... The universe is largely made up of
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I’m starting a thread of movies I liked So here we go Age of Adaline:A great movie about a woman who doesn’t age, she meets this guy who awaken her
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I've been trying to think how to explain the absurdity of the 5G panic to people who don't actually know the difference between a radio wave and a virus and
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Throughout this #BlackHistoryMonth , we'll be adding to the thread below and highlighting the achievements of the Black scientists, mathematicians and engineers who have made their impact on the modern
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This is an embarrassing justification by QSS editor-in-chief @LudoWaltman. Yes, as a general principle, diversity in perspectives is a virtue. That does not mean it's a good idea to publish
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The Two Party Politcal System Ends After This YearThe 2020 election will be the last presidential term under our current systemTrump WILL go down as the LAST PRESIDENTIt's never JUST
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So, by now lots of people have seen this tweet about my award. Thanks to everyone for the congrats. I have a story to situate this award and what it
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