SpaceX shifts focus from something that it will never do on Mars to something it will never do on the Moon.[image or embed]— Missing The Point (@missingthept.bsky.social) February 8, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Category: Science
Rubio is no Isaac Newton…
Pretending quantum mechanics makes sense
Sean Carroll – The problem with pretending quantum mechanics makes sense:
(more…)Worse than you think
Simon Clark – The misinformation situation is worse than you think:
(more…)If you hear someone saying cooling will be easier in space…
And, not to be a hater but… If you hear someone saying cooling will be easier in space, you can instantly write them off as someone who has never read a single relevant book or paper and never talked to a single person with undergraduate level expertise. This is very basic.— Zach Weinersmith (@zachweinersmith.bsky.social) December … Continue reading “If you hear someone saying cooling will be easier in space…”
Imploded Real Good
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.”
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