@sciencemusings 💯I have never managed to correctly assemble a telescope, but one Christmas I was given the night sky: with binoculars and “365 Starry Nights” the stars became my friends and neighbors.
“I think of the Earth as a giant puzzle,” she said, “and I’m a real puzzler.” If you don't know Maureen Raymo, you should. Climate scientist extraordinaire, and now head of Columbia's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. https://t.co/shRbaMjbmy
We love to see our cores and the climate scientists that study them featured in this article- including our very own @Curator_LDCR! #coreaday https://t.co/qdRFA7Jxl2
@_chuckyc I seem to recall that each nation’s iTunes Store has their own RSS feed you can pull from for reviews. You just plug in you show ID in the request. I used to do this, but have since forgotten how I did it. 🤪
Eratosthenes in the 3rd century B.C. successfully measured the Earth’s size by mathematical reasoning. In doing so, he and his contemporaries perfected a new way of thinking — today we call it science.
🌍#science#reason
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“For every graceful wildflower among Leonardo’s drawings there are sketches of violent storms, explosions, and turbulence.”
💡#technology#leonardodavinci#renaissance
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“We may be physically small compared to the galaxies, but our minds can be as large as the universe.”
🔭#astronomy#galaxies#sciencewriting
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Five Lamont scientists representing a range of research disciplines and career stages honored by @theAGU, the world’s largest Earth and space science society.
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NEW to the archive: August 12/13 is the peak of the annual #Perseids meteor shower, the scattered detritus of Comet Swift-Tuttle.🔭#astronomy#PerseidMeteorShower
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