science
Wiki
- : 🔬 Gaia Theory: In 1979 James Lovelock published Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth, which put forward the theory (then known as the Gaia …
- : 🪐 International Space Station: The International Space Station (ISS) is a space station, docked in permanent orbit around Earth, which five separate …
- : 🔬 volcanic eruption: Volcanic eruptions can lead to temporary climate cooling, if sufficiently large quantities of sulfur dioxide from the …
- : 🔬 earthquakes: Earthquakes have to do with the movement of tectonic plates. Tectonic plates gradually move independently of one …
- : 🔬 modified Mercalli intensity scale: This is a scale designed to describe how an earthquake is felt by people (more at the lower end) or how much damage …
- : 🔬 seismic magnitude: The seismic magnitude describes the overall strength of an earthquake. It is to be distinguished from seismic intensity …
- : 🔬 genetically-modified crops: Genetically modifying crops is a somewhat controversial practice that is nonetheless widespread for a number of reasons …
- : 🔬 wet-bulb temperature: The wet-bulb temperature is the temperature at which a damp cloth wrapped around a lit lightbulb doesn’t dry, …
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Links
- : 🔬 Link: “An Oral History Of The Time Six Doctors Swallowed Lego Heads To See How Long They’d Take To Poo”
- : 🔬 Link: “Why women aren’t from Venus, and men aren’t from Mars”
- : 🐝 Link: “First-ever study shows bumble bees ‘play’”
- : 🔬 Link: “Two decades of Alzheimer’s research may be based on deliberate fraud that has cost millions of lives”
- : 🏳️🌈 Link: “What the Science on Gender-Affirming Care for Transgender Kids Really Shows”
- : 🪐 Link: “Elon Musk’s Starlink Satellites Are Still Too Bright”
- : 🔬 Link: “Twitter thread: ‘Today in my general relativity class I got to talk about my favorite SUPER WEIRD COSMOLOGY FACT…’” by Katie Mack @AstroKatie
- : 🍱 Link: “Are plastic containers safe for our food?”
- : 🐱 Link: “Cats learn the names of their friend cats in their daily lives”
- : 🔬 Link: “Recently Discovered Dinosaur ‘Mummy’ Is So Well-Preserved It Even Has The Skin And Guts Intact”
- : 🐶 Link: “New Study Finds We Probably Can’t Take Credit For The Diversity of Dogs’ Coats”
- : 🔬 Link: “From Its Myriad Tips”
- : 🐱 Link: “What cats’ love of boxes and squares can tell us about their visual perception”
Jessica Smith is a socialist and a feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.