Last week, two protoplanets in another star system were directly imaged. That seems like a good excuse to talk about planetary formation.
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The curious case of the see-through fish
Above is a picture of a deep sea fish called the Mariana snailfish. This fish lives at 8 kilometers deep, or roughly 5 miles, and is transparent. It got me thinking about science fiction.
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In my career as a software developer, I’ve seen a lot of television and novels mangle the depiction of hackers. Today, let’s go blow apart some of those erroneous depictions.
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This week, the first photograph of a black hole was released. Although, technically, it’s a visualization of a whole load of data, not an actual photo. The difference isn’t that important. You can see the result above. It looks a bit like a blurry donut. So what’s up with this?
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Imagine high school. Imagine the majority of students in a certain class deciding that one of them is a dweeb, and picking on them. That’s not cool, is it?
Imagine now, a country, where the majority of the people decide that LGBT people should be shunned from certain parts of society. Not so cool eith- oh wait, that’s what’s happening in a number of democratic countries, including the US.
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