All prizes are - to some extent - dumb. Prizes in the sciences are especially stupid. (This whole thread is quite interesting)
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Remember the legendary house on your block that gave out the full-sized candy bars at Halloween? You can be that house. It's not very expensive if you buy in bulk. Become legend. Give out the big candy bars. You will never regret. The kids will all talk about you.
Approaching two weeks without running water, so I drove to Charlotte yesterday to go to a laundromat, spend a night in a hotel, & resupply. Local schools are closed "indefinitely", and our university is closed "at least" through Oct. 28. It's a strange, difficult time in Asheville.
Earlier this year I had the pleasure of giving a #TEDxTalk#exoplanets. The talk is now online - I hope you enjoy watching it. My thanks to the all-student team at TEDxWarwick, who made it all happen! 🔭🧪
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
The eerily beautiful Ring Nebula in Lyra. Three minutes on a teeny smartscope in a suburban garden! #astronomy
🚫 STOP talking about which Hogwarts house you are ✅️ START talking about which species of otter you are
Maybe this will help me to finally understand the emission mechanism 🤭
I am very excited that my team's Nature Astronomy perspective on radio stars and exoplanets is now out in the wild! arxiv.org/abs/2409.15507
It's that kind of attention to detail we love to see from the person in charge of our institute's finances!! 💚 Take that Costa, etc.!
