#Physics

I wrote a follow-up to 'Is the Cell Really Machine?'. I revisit a classic essay by JBS Haldane in order to show how attending to physical scale allows us to
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Extended bio: I’m a multidisciplinary software engineer, computational designer, artist, researcher, teacher, prolific open source tool maker w/ 25+ yrs experience. Use this thread to learn more about me &
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This is a very popular question where the answer is frustrating because it’s almost, but not quite, the right question.Simple version: False.Thread for complicated version.https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1307803946480619520 All active f
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• thread of underrated female characters in marvel comics • — janet van dyne | the wasp• fashion designer• founding avenger • multilingual• expert combatant• size manipulation powers — yelena
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Oxford student Zaman Keinath-Esmail initiates defamatory letter demanding removal of feminist professors Selina Todd & Senia Paseta, signed by 500 students and alumni. The modern-day witch hunt continues.https://www.oxfordstudent.com/20
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A thread on the meaning of life... In 2002 I was pursuing my PhD in Physics.It was ever thing I had ever wanted to do.And I was doing well in
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[*looks around*]Are we doing this?[*takes deep breath in*]A'ight—looks like we're doing this.Folks, let's talk about #perimenopause.#MidlifeBook ^IC I was vacillating about whether to bring this up, because I had a
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1/Thread on objections to face coverings for the general public. See this tweet for a longer lay summary.https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1249743825637199875?s=20 [Mute thread if you’ve had enough on this topic.] 2/Also draws on
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I've just read @MattwRidley's interesting new book. Here are my thoughts....#innovation #engineering #patents #intellectualproperty @harperbooks @HarperCollins1/18 The key message of 'How Innovation Works' is this:Innovation
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Today is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Here are just some of the women who have shaped the way we understand our planet, the universe and
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Read a book recently that flipped my world upside down.This Will Make You Smarter asks: “What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit?”Here are 38 of the most thought-provoking insights
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Since "narrative legos" seems to be a, um, hot topic, I figured I'd post a thread on the procedural story systems of Weird West. It would be a little bit
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hope y'all are ready for some late night Scarecrow nonsense "can I copy your homework?" "yeah just don't do it word for word" artists asking for criticism be like
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Why do things often seem “stuck” until they change suddenly and dramatically? An industry that has seen no innovation is suddenly upended. (E.g. Cabs-->Uber)A peaceful movement fights for years, and
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Whitt says the athletics department shared anecdotal data of students congregating after getting negative test results, and then spreading it to each other. He also targets saliva based tests (like
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15 days now of #LeibnizHomeOffice. Would you like to hear a little something about Early Modern letter-writing and postal systems? This will be a little less wacky than some of
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