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The Long Arc to Scientific Understanding — Live from the Museum of Natural History

How were Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto first discovered? Neil deGrasse Tyson explores the often un-discussed past failures in astrophysics and why “how tall are you?” is an unanswerable question. What is the Earth’s ellipticity? What is the sun’s diameter? How … Continue reading →

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Experience is stronger than knowledge. He solved the problem in 10 seconds!

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This is how our Solar system is..

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The actual size of countries

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Fonts hanging out part 2

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“If you gave me a computer, you would find me seven days later, dead, under a pile of pizza boxes.”

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The Star That Shouldn’t Exist

[…] One of strangest discoveries in astronomy is one you’ve probably never heard of – Przybylski’s Star. This is a star that defies natural explanation and has many wondering whether this could be evidence of alien life, a star being … Continue reading →

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Does capitalism make ‘non-playable characters’ of us all? An uncanny exploration | Aeon Videos

‘There will never be enough nails in the wood.’ The ‘pseudo-Marxist’ Austrian art collective Total Refusal creates short films with visuals generated entirely from within popular video games. In Hardly Working, they train their focus on just a few of … Continue reading →

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Reference books on the retirement shelf

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Riding a train until I understand hyperspheres

All aboard the learning train with Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/Tibees/ It’s free for 30 days, and the first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant’s annual premium subscription. The book featured is Surfing Through Hyperspace by Clifford Pickover: https://amzn.to/49yVFuG Subscribe to … Continue reading →

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