When Isaac Newton stayed at home to avoid the 1665 plague, he discovered the laws of gravity, optics, and he invented calculus.
It’s rumored that there was a strict “No TV” rule in his household.
@thirdmillennium@NYDailyNews Gates Foundation is doing a ton to support this, $100M in total support with $50M focused on acceleration of vaccines. https://t.co/6o7yEEergl
Jack Ma, China’s richest man, to donate 500,000 coronavirus testing kits, 1 million masks — to the U.S.
“Speedy and accurate testing ... protective equipment for medical professionals are most effective in preventing the spread,” his foundation wrote.
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I'm occasionally asked (https://t.co/a0MchIB2rS) what's the worst science-violating movie ever. My answer was Disney’s "The Black Hole" (1979) — until “Armageddon" (1998) came along, which violated more laws of physics (per minute) than any other film in the universe.
Happy September Equinox to planet Earth
We say Day equals Night but it’s not true. There’s extra minutes of day because our atmosphere Refracts light from space, prying the Sun’s image above the horizon before it actually rises and delaying sunset until after it has actually set