Notanee Bourassa knew that what he was seeing in the night sky was not normal. Bourassa, an IT technician in Regina, Canada, trekked outside of his home on July 25, 2016, around midnight with his two younger children to show them a beautiful moving light display in the sky – an aurora borealis.
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Mary Somerville is the reason for the word ‘scientist.’ A self-taught mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, she was a master of connecting the physical sciences. In 1834, she’d impressed a historian who found himself unable to publicly praise her because the only common description for that sort of scholar was ‘man of science.’ He then coined the term ‘scientist’- but it wasn’t intended to be a gender-neutral noun,
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i like how space doesn’t care about me. it’s impossible to disappoint the sun
It glares all the time at me.
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Scientists have discovered that running
liquid chocolate through an electric field
can reduce its fat content by up to 20%.
Not only is it healthier, but the
reduced fat makes the cocoa solids
stand out more, so it’s tastier,
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I don’t KNOW
Reblog if you dare me to ask this in earth science class
ASK IT ASK IT ASK IT ASK IT ASK IT
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How The Power Of Synthetic Biology could reshape the world
For my readers of course, Synthetic Biology is of course what happens in my novel The Little Queen. In that case of course, because it’s sci-fi, it’s done prematurely and irresponsibly, although some of the potential benefits are discussed and Jen asks Doctor Sarkis at the end to keep going and ensure some good comes out of everything.
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Science Fiction Scientist: we have found a new bacteria which reacts weirdly, this is very strange
Science Fiction Government: *sends in reporters, tanks, military defense, quarantines the area and alerts the public*
Real Life Scientist: We have literally mountains of evidence of how our behaviour is changing climate and creating new diseases,
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