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Our universe is rippling with waves caused by massive events, such as merging black holes. Up until yesterday, we didn’t have any evidence of long-wavelength, ‘background’ #GravitationalWaves. But now @nanograv has announced a detection! A network of pulsars measured very carefully has revealed a faint hum in spacetime itself. Though luckily you don’t need pulsars to detect these cookies, a mouth works just fine 😉
#astronomy #astroart #scicomm #science
So many good points in this piece by
@PhilippBayer
My highlight in this screenshot (#science delivery & success is a TEAM effort!), but if you're vaguely involved in #academia +/- #bioinformatics, do have a read and think how it all may apply to you. #academicchatter @academicchatter
genomic.social/@PhilippBayer/1…
A new blog-post: the two cultures of bioinformatics, and how academia selects against one philippbayer.github.io/blerg/p…
#Disability #DisabilityPride #DisabilityPrideMonth
#cartoon #cartoons #comic #comics #instacomic #instacartoon
#academia #science #research
#errantscience
🚨BIG SCIENCE NEWS 🚨
And our results (along with our international colleagues) have dropped!
Our team (and others) have started to see the strongest evidence as yet of the stochastic gravitational wave background - ripples in space-time cause by ALL the supermassive black holes in the history of the Universe colliding!
We use pulsars to study these riplles and we needed almost 20 years of data to even get the first hints! It's the long game!
I'm a co-author on the Aussie papers (as part of my work) but I also wrote about it here in my latest feature article on #SpaceAustralia
This is why I have been going on about pulsars for a few weeks now - this was coming!
Check it out here: spaceaustralia.com/feature/aus…
📸 Shanika Galaudage
#Astrodon #Astrophysics #RadioAstronomy #GravitationalWaves #Science #Pulsars
Australian Scientists Help Uncover Cosmic Gravitational Rumblings | Spaceaustralia
Australian astronomers, using CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope, have today announced the best evidence yet of the stochastic gravitational wave background, opening up a new chapter into gravitational wave astronomy.www.spaceaustralia.com
Born in 1804, Janet Taylor was a brilliant mathematician, astronomer, author & inventor. She wrote books, founded an academy & ran a manufacturing business for nautical instruments - many she designed herself.
Between 1617-1852, 79 patents were awarded for nautical instruments & Taylor was the only woman among them.
Sadly, Taylor died bankrupt in obscurity. Her death certificate only records her occupation as a “Teacher of Navigation.” en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_… #HistoryRemix #history #science
I am literally finishing a dissertation on how scientific information has been valued & prioritized by Congressional staffers from the 20th century through the Biden administration.
So for now I’ll just say, if you’re interested in the relationships between #science policy, #ClimateChange, lobbyists, researchers, media & #scicomm, stay tuned… /2
As a scientist who studies #science policy & risk communication, as a science journalist who has been writing in popular outlets about #ClimateChange & #scicomm for 20 years, & as a former congressional staffer focused on #climate & #energy policy in the early 2000s… This article is frustrating.
“Scientific communication failures linked to faster-rising seas”
Born in the late 1800s, Dr. Inez Beverly Prosser became the first Black woman to earn a PhD in psychology.
Her dissertation on school integration concluded that Black children in integrated schools had a harder time — a controversial finding before Brown v. Board of Ed.
Dr. Prosser also helped several Black students receive funding for college. Tragically, she passed away just one year after earning her PhD at ~38 in a car accident. apa.org/monitor/2008/11/prosse… #HistoryRemix #women #science
America's first black female psychologist
Despite the odds, Inez Beverly Prosser earned her doctorate in psychology 75 years ago and went on to do historic work, though her life was abruptly cut short.https://www.apa.org
Our sun is big. It’s 864,000 miles or 1,392,000 km in diameter. Or 109x wider than Earth. But it’s also an average sized star.
Some stars are much bigger.
Betelgeuse, in the constellation Orion, is a red supergiant star ~700x the size of the sun.
If we replaced our sun with Betelgeuse, it would stretch past Jupiter's orbit. universe.nasa.gov/news/237/wha… #space #science
What is Betelgeuse? Inside the Strange, Volatile Star
A blazing red supergiant shining brilliantly in the night sky, Betelgeuse is a star that has captured attention for centuries.NASA Universe Exploration
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Born in India in 1962, Dr. Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman in #space in 1997.
In 2003, she was on the Columbia, when insulation broke off, depressurizing the shuttle. All 7 crew members died.
7 asteroids + 7 hills on Mars were named after them.
space.com/17056-kalpana-chawla… #HistoryRemix #science
“When you look at the stars & the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system." - Chawla, 1997
Kalpana Chawla: Biography & Columbia disaster
Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-born woman in space.Nola Taylor Tillman (Space)
I was on WUNC earlier today to chat about The #Science of Kissing on NPR’s Embodied.
It was a treat to meet the other guest, Kadar Small, a photographer, director & filmmaker behind the acclaimed photo series “PDA.” Kadar photographs moments of kissing & intimacy between Black & brown queer folks in public & at home, exploring what this kind of connection looks like through his work.
Listen at wunc.org/show/embodied-radio-s… #lgbtq #art #books
Our Lips are Unsealed: Exploring the Science & Culture of Kissing
Kissing-like behaviors exist across the animal kingdom. But why? A scientist explains why humans are so drawn to each other's lips, and a photographer documents the power of a kiss.Kaia Findlay (WUNC)
Democratic Underground shared this quote from my 2009 book, Unscientific America, as a quote for the day.
It’s interesting to return to in 2023, especially given my research on scientific decision making in Congress. I’m not quite sure how I would change it at first glance, but my perspective is more nuanced 14 years later. #science #democracy #politics
We’re still discovering ancient species...
Millions of years before dinosaurs evolved, the saber-toothed Inostrancevia africana was “kind of the T.rex of their time.”
Incidentally, this apex predator was wiped out due to global warming during the Permian-Triassic Extinction. nytimes.com/2023/05/22/science… #science #nature #evolution
A Saber-Toothed Permian Predator From Long Before Evolution Came Up With Cats
As an extinction crisis wiped out species at the end of the Permian Period, a predatory species emerged that dominated Southern Africa’s domain.Jeanne Timmons (The New York Times)
Have you ever watched a starling murmuration?
That’s when thousands of #birds seem to dance in spectacular formation, whirling & swirling gracefully across the sky. youtu.be/V4f_1_r80RY #nature #science
Scientists, engineers, mathematicians, & citizen scientists have been exploring what’s happening inside murmurations: theconversation.com/why-do-flo… @TheConversationUS
Flight of the Starlings: Watch This Eerie but Beautiful Phenomenon | Short Film Showcase
We know a lot of factual information about the starling—its size and voice, where it lives, how it breeds and migrates—but what remains a mystery is how it f...YouTube
Born in 1919, Isabella Aiona Abbott became the first native Hawaiian woman to earn a PhD in #science.
A preeminent marine botanist, Abbott became the 1st woman & 1st person of color to become a full professor in Stanford’s Biology dept. She wrote 8 books, >150 articles & was awarded the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal by the National Academy of Sciences.
In 2005, Abbott was named a “Living Treasure of Hawaii” by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii. https://woc.aises.org/content/isabella-aiona-abbott-becoming-“first-lady-limu” #HistoryRemix #history
A wee bit of personal news…
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced this year’s regional Emmy nominations & Serving up Science, the quirky PBS series I write & host, has received two - including one for host ☺️
wkar.org/2023-05-16/wkar-story… #tv
You really never know where a career in #science will lead. It’s an honor to be nominated & I’m incredibly grateful to work with such a wonderful team at WKAR!
WKAR Storytellers Receive 2023 Regional Emmy® Nominations
EAST LANSING, MI; May 16, 2023 – The talented storytellers at WKAR Public Media at Michigan State University have earned 13 Regional Emmy® nominations for their productions.WKAR
“Science has had enormous trouble building a workforce that reflects the public it serves. And now, numerous state governments are trying to make it more difficult, if not impossible, at the public universities in their states & even within the scientific community, there are efforts to derail the idea that it matters who does science.”
Born in 1906, computer scientist Grace Hopper invented the first compiler for computer programming language & was among the first programmers of the Harvard Mk1 computer.
Hopper popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages & paved the way to develop COBOL (an early high-level programming language). She originated the term "bug" to describe computer glitches & became a celebrated Rear Admiral in the US Navy.
news.yale.edu/2017/02/10/grace… #HistoryRemix #science #history
Grace Murray Hopper (1906-1992): A legacy of innovation and service
On Feb. 11, President Peter Salovey announced that he and the Yale Corporation had voted to change the name of Calhoun College, one of the university's undergraduate residential colleges, to honor alumna Grace Murray Hopper.YaleNews
A cartoon from 2018 that I republished over the holidays: Understanding the world through careful observation of reality isn't "partisan."
#comic #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #cartoon #science
What's the world's deadliest animal?
The answer may surprise you. gatesnotes.com/Most-Lethal-Ani… #science #nature
The deadliest animal in the world
Bill Gates introduces Mosquito Week on his personal blog, the Gates Notes. Everything posted this week is dedicated to this deadly creature. Mosquitoes carry devastating diseases like malaria, dengue fever, yellow fever, and encephalitis.gatesnotes.com
Many folks on Mastodon follow me bc I share the stories of trailblazers & pioneers in & out of #science who don’t get enough recognition, but changed our world in remarkable ways.
So it should be no surprise that I’m thrilled to receive “On The Shoulders of Giants” by Brian Lenahan & Kenna Hughes-Castleberry about 10 women & men you may not have heard of who shaped our understanding of quantum physics. (Yes, that’s my blurb on the back). kennacastleberry.com/#books
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Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is a writer, podcaster, and science communicator. She currently works as the Science Communicator at JILA, and is the Editor-in-Chief of their journal Light & Matter.kennahughescastleberry.com
The “Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity” division at the @mpi_grav
in Potsdam is looking for a Scientific Programmer:
Born in 1902, botanist & cytogeneticist Barbara McClintock became a pioneer in modern genetics by changing our understanding of inheritance.
She proposed that genomic replication does not always follow a consistent pattern, which wasn’t widely accepted at the time. She also contributed new cytogenetic research techniques & was the first scientist to correctly speculate about epigenetics.
In 1983, McClintock was awarded a Nobel Prize. nobelprize.org/womenwhochanged… #HistoryRemix #science #history
The Nobel Prize | Women who changed science | Barbara McClintock
Throughout her career, Barbara McClintock studied the cytogenetics of maize, making discoveries so far beyond the understanding of the time that other scientists essentially ignored her work for more than a decade.www.nobelprize.org
Today I learned the word ‘scientist’ was coined in 1834 to describe Mary Somerville, replacing the term ‘man of science’.
themarginalian.org/2016/12/26/…
Meet Mary Somerville: The Brilliant Woman for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined
How a Scottish polymath forever changed the course of gender in science and made a high art of connecting the seemingly disconnected.The Marginalian
Beatrix Potter is best remembered for her charming tales of Peter Rabbit, but did you know she also studied #science?
Potter collected & examined beetles, butterflies, plants, bird eggs, shells, rocks, fossils & especially fungi. She conducted experiments & wrote a scientific paper with her own illustrations, presented at the Linnean Society of London. However, as a woman in the Victorian era, she couldn’t even attend the meeting. nytimes.com/2023/04/26/arts/de… #HistoryRemix #history #art #books
Beatrix Potter Is More Than the Creator of Peter Rabbit
An exhibition in Nashville of Beatrix Potter’s works explores her love of the world of science and the challenges facing women of the Victorian era.Tanya Mohn (The New York Times)
Rosalind Franklin update!
“A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.”
livescience.com/health/genetic… #HistoryRemix #history #science /2
Born in 1917, Egyptian physicist Sameera Moussa studied radioactive isotopes used to create medical images. Her research “laid the groundwork for a revolution in the affordability & safety of nuclear medicine.”
Concerned about the potential use of nuclear weapons during WWII, Moussa organized the Atomic Energy for Peace conference.
She was likely assassinated at age 35 in a case that remains unsolved. More by Kenna Hughes-Castleberry arstechnica-com.cdn.ampproject… #HistoryRemix #science #history
Born in 1831, Rebecca Lee Crumpler
became the first Black woman to graduate from medical school in the U.S.
Despite facing extreme racism & sexism, she practiced medicine with a focus on women & children. She also provided medical care to freed slaves.
In 1883, Dr. Crumpler published her Book of Medical Discourses, which was one of the first medical publications written by a Black author. There are no existing photos of her. cfmedicine.nlm.nih.gov/physici… #HistoryRemix #history #science
Takahē once roamed across New Zealand’s South Island, but introduced predators, hunting, habitat destruction & competition for food have taken a heavy toll.
For ~50 years, these flightless #birds were presumed extinct, but they were rediscovered in 1948.
Today there are less than 500 takahē left, but numbers have been increasing through successful conservation measures.
doc.govt.nz/nature/native-anim… #SharedPlanet #conservation #science
After witnessing a white doctor refuse to treat a sick, elderly Native American woman who later died, Susan La Flesche Picotte decided to become a physician to help her people. Born in 1865, she grew up on Nebraska’s Omaha reservation.
In 1889, Picotte became the first female Native American to earn a medical degree in the U.S. She raised funding & opened Wathill Hospital in 1913 - the first private hospital on a reservation. drsusancenter.org/dr-susan #HistoryRemix #history #science
Not long ago, the enormous Haast's eagle soared over New Zealand.
Weighing almost 40lbs (18kg) with a wingspan up to ~10ft (3m), they likely feasted on the gigantic moa birds I described in an earlier post. Maori oral tradition also suggests they may have attacked human children.
So what happened to this fierce apex predator? Once the moa disappeared due to excess hunting after the arrival of people, Haast’s eagle followed around 1400. nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/h…. #SharedPlanet #science #nature
