Category: Science
The Lone Genius Myth
Sean Carroll – Why general relativity would’ve been discovered without Einstein
(more…)The War on Science
Shaun reads The War on Science so you don’t have to.
(more…)The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson
If you burn down a forest, you don't miss out on lumber for just that season. You have to replant all the trees, nurture them, and wait for them to grow. The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson. Recovery, if it ever happens, will take generations.— Katie Mack (@astrokatie.com) June … Continue reading “The science and research budget cuts happening now are wanton, senseless arson”
Sean Carroll explains why physics is both simple and impossible
“I like to say that physics is hard because physics is easy, by which I mean we actually think about physics as students.”
(more…)More Science
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The Flying Circus of Physics – Jearl Walker |
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What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions – Randall Munroe |
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How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems – Randall Munroe |
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Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve and/or Ruin Everything – Kelly Weinersmith & Zach Weinersmith |
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A City on Mars: Can we settle space, should we settle space, and have we really thought this through? – Kelly Weinersmith & Zach Weinersmith |
A pointless self-harm to humanity
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.[image or embed]— Katie Mack (@astrokatie.com) August 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
First Moon Landing
RiffTrax – Why Study Science
This is a death wish, on a national and global scale
Congress is trying to kill new investment in solar and wind power. Meanwhile global warming is accelerating. This is a death wish, on a national and global scale.[image or embed]— Sean Carroll (@seanmcarroll.bsky.social) June 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM