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j_timmer

  1. Oddly disappointed that the Dragon's solar arrays end up being discarded to burn up in orbit. about 5 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  2. @_ColinS_ I saw another article do this same thing a month ago. I thought we were past quoting thinkthank staff for this. about 6 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to _ColinS_
  3. Getting close to the Dragon deorbit - NASA TV is livestreaming: nasa.gov/multimedia/nas… about 6 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  4. Is it bad that i didn't realize that Cori Bargmann had moved to @rockefelleruniv? (cc @bonnerj) about 7 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to bonnerj
  5. @panther_modern Super, thanks. Can't hurt, and who knows - might help. about 22 hours ago via Twitter for Mac in reply to panther_modern
  6. The Open Access science petition still needs 3,700 signatures. All of you non-spambot followers, get right on it: wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#%21/… about 22 hours ago via Twitter for Mac
  7. @jayrosen_nyu They have less flattering text, more flattering picture. Just needs some fine tuning. 8:44 AM May 30th via Twitter for Mac in reply to jayrosen_nyu
  8. Having a truly surreal moment with a sentence in a (sadly embargoed) paper. Don't think the authors thought this one through. 7:33 AM May 30th via Twitter for Mac
  9. Damn, USA vs. Brazil friendly and the first game of the Stanley Cup final. Both start at precisely the same time. Disappointing. 7:04 AM May 30th via Twitter for Mac
  10. @alexwitze Does that imply the experimentalists do camp? 1:16 PM May 29th via Twitter for Mac in reply to alexwitze
  11. @edyong209 @danfagin @boraz @tomlevenson @jayrosen_nyu I think lack of hard limits can enhance narrative. 11:13 AM May 29th via Twitter for Mac in reply to edyong209
  12. @BoraZ Well, what we do internally may be unrelated to the industry's typical approach, too, fwiw. 10:40 AM May 29th via Twitter for Mac in reply to BoraZ
  13. @BoraZ Interesting. Internally, we tend to cut off "medium" at about 1500 words. 10:36 AM May 29th via Twitter for Mac in reply to BoraZ
  14. @BoraZ Where does long start? 10:25 AM May 29th via Twitter for Mac in reply to BoraZ
  15. @TomLevenson @boraz @jayrosen_nyu For what it's worth, we've always been web-only, and most of our content is intermediate length. 10:23 AM May 29th via Twitter for Mac in reply to TomLevenson
  16. Rothamsted protester quoted as sighing that "the left leaning Guardian could no longer be relied upon." Nice work, @alokjha 8:57 AM May 28th via Twitter for Mac
  17. @jbeeker Thanks for the link. Should make for some nice light reading on a holiday weekend... 8:49 AM May 27th via Twitter for Mac in reply to jbeeker
  18. Wow, one of the Particle Zoo's creations has been to space: quantumdiaries.org/2012/05/25/cern’s-prodigal-neutralino-comes-back-from-outer-space/ 11:26 AM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
  19. The pedant in me is convinced labeling should have 2 l's. Then the other pedant points out "no, you mean 3 you dolt." 10:55 AM May 25th via Twitter for Mac
  20. What does the Dunning-Kruger effect have to do with science communications? @exmamaku talked to Dunning to find out: arstechnica.com/science/2012/0… 9:33 AM May 25th via Twitter for Mac