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Rain Reflections, Barcelona, Spain (by jordimeneses)

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by roksolyana_hilevych

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Dr. Petroff has also shown that the Higgs boson signal was actually sparks from someone microwaving grapes, the EHT black hole photo was a frozen bagel someone left in too long, and the LIGO detection was just someone slamming the microwave door too hard.

Fast Radio Bursts [Explained]

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[Cueball standing behind a lectern, with a poster hung from the ceiling behind him] Potential sources of fast radio bursts: (1) Energetic stellar-sized astrophysical objects floating in space Cueball: We're pretty sure this is what most of them are.

(2) Microwave ovens in the observatory break room Cueball: This was definitely some of them, oops. (Petroff et. al., 2015)

(3) Energetic steller-sized microwave ovens floating in space Cueball: We think this one is unlikely.

(4) Energetic stellar-sized astrophysical objects in the observatory break room Cueball: This is almost certainly not it, though we're sending a grad student to double-check.

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The icy waters of Lake Michigan surround snow-covered Chicago, Illinois, USA, following a multi-day cold snap that swept across much of the northern United States this week. The “Windy City” had wind chill temperatures as low as minus 20 degrees Fahrenheit, and high temperatures during the week never rose above 5 degrees for the first time in nearly 30 years.

41.881944°, -87.627778°

Source imagery: Planet

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The Gibson family has taken thousands of striking shipwreck photos, from the late 1870’s through the 1970s. See more of these amazing photos here.

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A large First Rate and other warships lying in the harbour at Portsmouth, by George Chambers (1803-1840)

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There is light around every corner, there is light around every corner, there is light around every corner, there is light around every corner there is light arou

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It blows that you can have the longest day ever and then when it’s over you still need to do the dishes

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me n who <3

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#rb #me evert Saturday night #with no one

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A video can have a log scale that's misaligned with both the time AND space axes.

Log Alignment [Explained]

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[Distorted bar graph on top of gray log scale lines in the background that are somewhat tilted, with the lower ends on the left]

[Caption below the panel:] There's actually no rule in math that says your log scales have to be aligned with your graph axes.

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HYACINTH

Meaning: please forgive me

Origin: The hyacinth takes its name and meaning from Greek mythology. Hyacinthus, a beautiful young man, was beloved by Apollo. During a game of discus throwing, Apollo's discus was knocked from its course by a jealous Zephyrus, striking Hyacinthus and killing him. Hyacinth flowers were said to have grown from the blood that fell from his head wound as Apollo begged his forgiveness.

Pair with ... Olive to ask for peace and forgiveness, Pansy to indicate your betrayal haunts you

painting-Jan Laurensz. van der Vinne (Haarlem 1699-1753) || Text- Floriography: an illustrated guide to the Victorian Language of flowers" by Jessica Roux

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An excerpt from a (Harvard CfA) application essay i wrote a year ago:

“To me, astrophysics is the culmination of all scientific thinking; to understand the fabric of life, the universe, and everything. The stars that look upon us and all our ancestors, the galaxies that inspired muses, the magnets that guided sailors to safe harbor. ‘There is a reason for everything’ people say, to mean that fate and human lives are intertwined with reason and purpose; instead, I take it to mean that there is a fundamental process underpinning every happening, everywhere. Every strange movement of a cup on a desk, every amazing sunset we see, every beautiful star in the sky, all guided by physical processes that made our existence possible.”

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