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Archive of 30 years of science writing by noted naturalist, educator, and former Boston Globe science columnist Chet Raymo. Tweets by

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  1. “Huxley’s lecture ‘On a Piece of Chalk’ has come down to us as a little classic of scientific exposition, as engaging and informative today as in 1868.” 🌍

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  2. 5. velj

    “Ordinary language is so steeped in misconceptions that scientists often find it best to start from scratch, even to the point of inventing fresh vocabularies.”

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  3. 4. velj

    “The gals are looking for Mr. Right. The guys play macho games among themselves. No one really knows what’s going on.” 🦃🐝

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  4. 3. velj

    “If humans are ever to establish permanent colonies on the moon or Mars, then closed-ecosystem research will show the way.” 🦠

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  5. 31. sij

    From 1988: “This spring I found a landscaped garden that cultivates the serendipitous pleasures of flowers in the wild.” 🥀

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  6. 30. sij

    From 1988: “I can truthfully say that I have learned more general science from ‘Scientific American’ than from any other source.”

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  7. 29. sij

    “The debate over sociobiology has generated a huge volume of words, and perhaps more heat than light.” 👫

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  8. 28. sij

    “I don’t understand in any ultimate sense why electromagnetism, particle physics, or gravity works. Nobody does. But the point is this: Electromagnetism, particle physics, and gravity do work, in a way that astrology does not.” 🤔

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  9. 27. sij

    “With the Brooklyn Bridge, the glory days of American civil engineering reached their apogee. From that moment forward, the thrust of history was away from communal enterprises and toward the material enrichment of individuals.” 🏗️

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  10. 24. sij

    “A fraction of a millionth of an ounce of fused hydrogen is all it takes to ignite the roots of trees and rocket the Canada mayflower out of the ground.” 🌱

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  11. 23. sij

    “Contraceptives for deer? One wonders how Felix Salten’s classic animal story might have been different had the author lived in our more technologically sophisticated time.” 🦌

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  12. 22. sij

    “The pity of it is that so far the view from 100,000 miles has been the exclusive property of a handful of test pilots, rather than the world leaders who need this new perspective.” – Michael Collins 🌍

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  13. 21. sij

    “Fredkin imagines a universe that is not made of matter and energy distributed in continuous space and time, but of elaborate patterns of discrete bits, pure digital information .”

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  14. 20. sij

    When is Easter? When do the clocks move forward? Is this a leap year? The problem is not with the clocks and calendars, the problem is with the world. ⏲️

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  15. 17. sij

    “Does science describe reality, or does science invent reality? The question is as old as Parmenides and shows no sign of resolution.” 🌌🖋️

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  16. 16. sij

    “Every gram of household dust contains upwards of a thousand mites— feasting on flakes of skin that fall from our bodies like an unceasing manna from heaven.” 🔬

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  17. 15. sij

    “The battle of Walden Pond is merely a skirmish in a war that has long been waged in the American heart — between our enthusiasm for progress and our nostalgia for the wilderness.” 🌱

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  18. 14. sij

    “[Neanderthals] practiced highly-developed skills for making tools, clothing, and shelter, cared for the aged and handicapped, and buried their dead.” ✋

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  19. 13. sij

    “Whatever educational advantages accrue from the dissection of animals must be balanced against the need to instill in students a reverence for life.” 🐸

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  20. 10. sij

    “Brevity is the soul of wit and scientists don’t know when to stop talking.”

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