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Have physicists studying teleportation talked to people who study tiny ants?
'There are no ants here,' he said. <Looks left, looks right, looks back> 'There are now a dozen ants here.'
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Today's the birthday (1856) of Andrey "The Chain" Markov. Engage in some stochastic processes today in his honor.
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Thinking about how certain sports have their own special kind of 'success, you just won' pictures.
-tennis: player sprawled out on the court
-golf: celebratory fist-pump
Others?
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love too read news analysis about the pressing issues of the day i do not know what level of irony this is so do not ask twitter.com/tcberman/statu…
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Someone just walked by the house blasting music at volume level 11 from a bluetooth speaker.
Soothing meditative harp music.
I am confused.
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no I am not going to subscribe to get access to exclusive content'
I'm not thrilled with the general-purpose content I already have access to
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A sunny welcome to the Logan Science Journalism Fellows! Here are the Biomedical fellows on a break from the lab; the Environmental fellows are doing fieldwork @ Waquoit Bay. So nice out! #MBLjourno23 Mohamed Mansour
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Why do all those promoted Fantastic Product Video posts from things named like Geeeloshop and Hozostore have the same style video ending with the same GET YOURS NOW text? Are they all actually the same company or do they just all use the same production house or???
always impressed that French has different words for "owl with feather tufts that look like ears" and "owl without feather tufts that look like ears"
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Shout out to the small-town Memorial Day parade announcer who saluted one group for "endangering unity...er, engendering unity. Engendering!"
The thing a few days before a trip when you have to start wearing clothes you specifically do NOT want to bring on the trip
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I am disappointed in the lack of the trillion dollar platinum coin because what an excellent premise for a heist movie (Fast and Furious 29?)
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Dear algorithm, why do you keep telling me to 'subscribe to X and get access to their exclusive content' for:
1) people that I have never heard of
2) people whose non-exclusive content is, shall we say, less than compelling
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Oops, they did it again -- they let the / co-host team return to the air.
Stories about orca attacks, pain, Balto's genome, telomeres, birds, grief, and more. Live on-air soon, archived audio here later -- I hope you'll listen.
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dear insurance company, printing a picture of my house and car on the front of your junk mail envelope is creepy and weird, even tho I know you grabbed it off of StreetView
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"But in this diner in the heartland, many say the barriers are just as much to blame as the truck and driver."
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The Secret Service detained the driver of a U-Haul truck after the vehicle crashed into security barriers near the White House on Monday night, the authorities said. A spokesman for the agency said that the crash may have been intentional. nyti.ms/432V7dN
Each one of us is the baboon poop to some butterfly #motivational
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Many thanks to @Dr_Akito for joining us today to talk about butterfly ancestry. And the importance of baboon poop.
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Many thanks to for joining us today to talk about butterfly ancestry. And the importance of baboon poop.
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But what about that other "Liz' person you wrote about -- she can stay on the cozy couch, right?
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Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of Theranos, who was convicted last year on charges that she defrauded investors of more than $100 million, has lost her latest bid to stay out of prison while she appeals her conviction.
She must report to prison on May 30. nyti.ms/3Iq9yjN
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He died doing what he loved, blocking promoted posts in his feed written in languages he did not speak
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A deep James Earl Jones voice saying 'Fuck around...and find out' in the style of the old CNN logo ads
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random question -- if a highway sign says 'all trucks must exit' to a weigh station, and the station is open, with trucks stopping -- but several trucks go zooming past, what's going on?
Are they just blowing it off, or is there some unstated exception to 'all trucks'?
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After listening to a lot of small-market radio over the past few days, I must say -- funeral directors, no matter what the sales person from the ad department says, you do NOT need a catchy little jingle for your funeral home
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Do royal protocol experts ever try to play tricks on the heads of state? "Oh no, really, it's traditional for you to wear this kind of shirt backwards. And here, hold this orb."
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And with that, snack and candy businesses across the globe have to readjust what size their 'King Size' packaging is, all depending on whether one old guy in England likes walnuts or not
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Forget portable medical records, all I'm asking for is a standardized medical info form that could be filled out ONCE and accepted by the school and the sports and the scouts and the camp and and and
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Attention: this is a Good Moon Alert.
The moon is Good right now.
Thank you. This concludes the Good Moon Alert.
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As the price of a single donut at mass-market donutteries (Dunkin, Krispy) approaches $1, the phrase "I'd bet dollars to donuts" loses all meaning. In this essay I will...
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Medical offices: "We're exploring AI to help w/diagnosis! A surgeon can use VR goggles to direct robots + lasers to do your surgery!"
Also, "You need a copy of your scan? Fax a request to this number, then show up at the office at 3:15 next Thursday and we'll hand you a CD."
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my brain rn:
-reads line "they made out like bandits"
-thinks "wait, do bandits make out differently? I guess maybe the mask/bandanna gets in the way?"
-oh, wait, yes, that idiom thing
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Realizing that British commentators could say literally anything is a cherished coronation ritual and we would have to believe them
'and now in a ceremony dating back to 1356, it is traditional for the High Exchequer to paint strawberry jam on the Royal Lemur'
Oh yes of course
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Sign entering the NJ Turnpike that 'Over-Dimensional Vehicles Must Exit' has me wondering how often the TARDIS drives the turnpike
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Every once in a while, if you time it just right, you can see Saturn rise from behind the Moon.
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If there are infinite universes, there is one in which, right now, a young dino is asking a parent to please please PLEASE read the picture book about humans again
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This is another amazingly creative sciencey human that you should hire if you can!
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It happened. I too am part of the @fivethirtyeight layoffs. It’s been an absolute honor to be a member of this newsroom. This is one of the kindest, smartest teams I have ever had the pleasure to work with. Longer appreciation post coming soon. For now, just gonna hug my friends.
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If you have the need for an amazing science writing human and the budget to hire one, this is one that you should definitely consider hiring!
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It has been an amazing run at @FiveThirtyEight but I was laid off today. I have deeply loved working on this team. My editors and coworkers past and present have been amazing and I have done so much work at this site that I am incredibly proud of. Anybody need a science writer?
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Hire Eli, a good human who knows lots of things!
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If anyone would like to hire me, a journalist with more than a decade of experience in audio/radio production, editing and reporting on science and environmental issues, please reach out: elichen.stories@gmail.com
And hire Davar, Jacob, Brian and Carla too!!
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