can we space elevator? should we space elevator? Angela Collier 2023-09-24 | I am so sorry but I don’t understand why anyone wants a space elevator. Coffee and the problem Episode 1: The science fiction writer R. A. Heinlen describes a skyhook satellite that consists of a long rope placed in orbit at the equators, aligned along a radius from the center of the earth, and moving so that the rope appears suspended in space above a fixed point on the equator. The bottom of the rope hangs free just above the surface of the earth (radius R). Assuming that the rope has uniform mass per unit length (and that the rope is strong enough to resist breaking!), find the length of the rope.Space Elevator Background from Nixeen’s Screenshot: steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1688493954Cracking the Cryptic: youtube.com/c/CrackingTheCrypticPrinceton Problems in Physics with Solutions: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691024493/princeton-problems-in-physics-with-solutions3Blue1Brown (essence of calculus): youtube.com/watch?v=WUvTyaaNkzMTacoma Bridge footage: youtube.com/watch?v=3mclp9QmCGsPatreon (join for exclusive video each month): patreon.com/acollierastro
why is it always rubidium? Angela Collier 2024-10-10 | Luciteria: luciteria.com/blog/2020/11/24/how-to-start-a-periodic-table-with-real-elements-collectionLink to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch: store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collier00:00 Introduction02:04 Rubidium06:24 Quantum Quantum Quantum11:22 Why is it always Rubidium?14:19 Some uses of Rubidium16:09 Credits18:42 My Eric Cornell story
who gets the Nobel prize? Angela Collier 2024-09-18 | Some misconceptions about the Nobel prize and a Nobel prize worthy science story. Except this is a horror story. The discovery of insulin is a horror story and you cannot change my mind.I am not a medical doctor. The Discovery of Insulin by Michael Bliss:utorontopress.com/9781487529130/the-discovery-of-insulin/?srsltid=AfmBOopd5zlRO4r0P7v5TDpVVBHYvFaw0l6V26YoqUwTuUgJiUdZ1RfTNobel Prize Org: nobelprize.org/the-nobel-prize-organisationTotal Dietary Regulation in the Treatment of Diabetes by Derrick Allen, MD: ia801305.us.archive.org/1/items/cu31924104225283/cu31924104225283.pdfLink to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch: store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collierChapters:00:00:00 Introduction00:03:25 Who gets the Nobel Prize?00:20:31 Diabetes Mellitus00:36:20 A Scientific Horror Story00:56:13 Who gets the Nobel Prize?01:10:03 Credits01:11:28 The real horror story
How Star Trek: Picard Ruins Star Trek Angela Collier 2024-08-23 | All these Star Trek clips belong to Paramount. This video belongs to @acollierastro.Thanks to this channel for preserving episode trailers:youtube.com/@AdamWalterTV/videosNimoy Interview from here: youtube.com/watch?v=nFTsctYfWEwStar Trek electronic press kit (1987): youtube.com/watch?v=WkAKGs_yXHEJames Doohan story: youtube.com/watch?v=COJuF7n9gGAEpisode of the Ready Room w/ Alex Kurtzman: youtube.com/watch?v=TuNVHxTUh9YInside Edition: Child lands plane: youtube.com/watch?v=pSdY-qvo9cY&t=1sAt Rest - Romance by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Link to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch: store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collierI hope the chapters work:00:00:00 Introduction00:01:21 A Good Show00:14:43 Nemesis00:19:55 NuTrek00:27:47 Logan00:31:22 Season 101:19:46 A Colossally Stupid Decision01:27:31 Forgot to Wrap It Up01:42:04 Season 201:58:02 Patrick Stewart Makes It So02:05:22 Season 2 Discussion02:20:09 Paramount Plus Sucks02:33:54 Season 302:51:25 The Cliffhanger Problem03:10:50 Shaw vs Locutus03:21:03 The End03:45:14 Credits03:47:37 My face when I watch Picard
10 lame physics things Angela Collier 2024-07-27 | Splitting a block with feather and wedges:Splitting a block with feather and wedgesTidal force bar formation gif: https://pages.uoregon.edu/imamura/122/lecture-7/sites.htmlSolo bar instability gif: https://astro.pas.rochester.edu/~aquillen/galaxydyn.htmlLink to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch: store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collier
STEAM Education: Putting an A in your STEM Angela Collier 2024-07-16 | Education Week Project 2025 post: edweek.org/policy-politics/project-2025-and-the-gop-platform-what-each-says-about-k-12-in-a-2nd-trump-term/2024/07
the malicious optimism of AI-first companies Angela Collier 2024-06-28 | The CEO of Zoom wants AI clones in meetings at the Verge: theverge.com/2024/6/3/24168733/zoom-ceo-ai-clones-digital-twins-videoconferencing-decoder-interviewYour guide to post-quantum end-to-end encryption and how Zoom can help: zoom.com/en/blog/guide-to-post-quantum-end-to-end-encryptionLink to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch—store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collierCredit for the powerpoint slides (thank you!): This presentation template was created by Slidesgo,and includes icons by Flatiron, and infographics &images by Freepik0:00 The Article4:17 Chapter One: It's down the stack.8:32 Chapter Two: A list of second questions.24:23 Chapter Three: Being a handsome billionaire does not make you smart.29:28 Chapter Four: Zoom is not a video conferencing company.35:30 Chapter Five: Quantum Quantum Quantum44:07 Chapter Six: Never attribute malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity
why you cant explain qcd Angela Collier 2024-06-22 | Or maybe why I can't?Quantum QuantumQuantumChromodynamicsLink to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch: store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collier
oops all Jupiters Angela Collier 2024-06-07 | How many Jupiter's fit in our Solar System without destroying everything you know and touch and love?Rebound: rebound.readthedocs.ioTo build my sim I got planet data from NASA: nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheetPluto video: youtube.com/watch?v=TwCbMJmgShgLink to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch: store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collier
that dark matter video aged like milk Angela Collier 2024-05-24 | DM video here: youtu.be/PbmJkMhmrVI@acollierastro is such failure. Link to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch: store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collier
applied quantum mechanics Angela Collier 2024-05-12 | Thank you to ThorLabs for letting me borrow this: thorlabs.com/newgrouppage9.cfm?objectgroup_id=3482This video was not sponsored.NileRed makes red hots: youtube.com/watch?v=zMaTrgUKC1wLink to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastroI have merch—store.dftba.com/collections/angela-collier
stellar anatomy in world building Angela Collier 2024-04-25 | The Sun at different wavelengths:https://scied.ucar.edu/interactive/sun-compare-multispectralWalk through Solar Cycle 25 with NOAA:nesdis.noaa.gov/news/time-lapse-of-solar-cycle-25-displays-increasing-activity-the-sunAurora forecast with NOAA:swpc.noaa.gov/products/aurora-30-minute-forecastLink to Patreon — one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastro
long live scientific debate Angela Collier 2024-04-12 | I won’t debate you. Here’s why.thecorrespondent.com/817/i-wont-debate-you-heres-whyThe Interaction of Boltzmann with Mach, Ostwald and Planck, and his influence on Nernst and Einsteinosti.gov/etdeweb/biblio/22654646Physics and Philosophy of Science at the Turn of the Twentieth Centuryhttps://www3.nd.edu/~dhoward1/Phil-Phys-1900.pdfErnst Machhttps://plato.stanford.edu/archIves/spr2010/entries/ernst-mach/#AntAtoSaving Mach’s View on Atomsjstor.org/stable/20722524Boltzmann’s Work in Statistical Physicshttps://plato.stanford.edu/archIves/spr2010/entries/statphys-Boltzmann/Helm and Boltzmann: Energetics at the Lübeck Naturforscherversammlungjstor.org/stable/20118162The nineteenth century conflict between mechanism and irreversibilitysciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1355219813000440Boltzmann’s Atomsimonandschuster.com/books/Boltzmanns-Atom/David-Lindley/9781501142444This is where I got these slides: slidesgo.com/theme/international-mountain-day-minithemeSupport me on Patreon and suggest some video ideas and also get one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastro
the concept of temperature Angela Collier 2024-03-31 | Teaching thermal physics,is as easy as a song:You think you make it simpler,When you make it slightly wrong!---Mark ZemanskyIf you took a shot every time I say "it's interesting!" during this video you would literally die. So please don't.Patreon link: patreon.com/acollierastro
physicists only have 5 jokes Angela Collier 2024-03-16 | The most boring person you know explains the joke. That makes them more funny right?I am the arbiter of fun on this channel and I will delete unfunny jokes from the comments.
pulsar distance: one weird trick Angela Collier 2024-03-03 | Support me on Patreon and suggest some video ideas and also get one exclusive video per month:patreon.com/acollierastro4-22. A pulsar emits a broad spectrum of electromagnetic radiation, which is detected with a receiver tuned to the neighborhood of f=80 MHz. Because of the dispersion in group velocity caused by the interstellar plasma, the observed frequency during each pulse drifts at a rate given by df/dt = -5 MHz/sec.(a) If the interstellar magnetic field is negligible and w^2 much bigger than wp^2, show that : df/dt ~ -c/x (f^3/fp^2)where fp is the plasma frequency and x is the distance of the pulsar.(b) If the average electron density in space is 0.2 cm^-3, how far away is the pulsar? (1 parsec =3x10^18 cm.)Link to another coffee and the problem: youtube.com/watch?v=Z5aHMB4Tje4
magnetic forces do no work Angela Collier 2024-02-19 | This video is an answer to a question that was lost in my brain for over ten years. Magnetic fields do work…unless you are working inside a classical electrodynamics theory that isn’t aware of the concept of intrinsic quantum mechanical spin. Which is a very odd choice! But that’s just my opinion, man.@ScienceAsylum video on this topic: youtube.com/watch?v=1bXjB0zrjp0American Institute of Physics, David Griffiths oral history: aip.org/history-programs/niels-bohr-library/oral-histories/46950Link to my Patreon— one new video each month: patreon.com/acollierastro
theoretical physicist reads: love, theoretically Angela Collier 2024-02-09 | Please believe I have nothing against romance novels, just this particular romance novel.I am going to hard pivot this channel into #booktube I just read The Chrysalids and it was so good.Join me on Patreon --- patreon.com/acollierastro
the faraday effect Angela Collier 2024-01-29 | So much failure in this video---but that's how we learn things.Polarisation en France (article about Light, Napoleon and Egypt): onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/chir.22818#:~:text=Malus%20died%20the%20next%20year,in%20motion%20by%20his%20discovery.I did not really like this article though.Circularly Polarized to Linearly Polarized gifs:http://hackert.cm.utexas.edu/courses/ch370/old2008/CD/CD_cir_to_lin_pol.htm#:~:text=Superposition%20of%20circularly%20polarized%20waves&text=The%20result%20of%20superposing%20two,wave%2C%20whose%20amplitude%20is%20identical.Sir Lawrence Bragg:youtube.com/watch?v=Vwjcn4Vl2iwthe most important material in science: youtube.com/watch?v=1eUI38MpiYo&pp=ygUibW9zdCBpbXBvcnRhbnQgbWF0ZXJpYWwgaW4gc2NpZW5jZQ%3D%3DPronounce a Dutch name: youtube.com/watch?v=yH-qQu2ndc8Faradays Diary: archive.org/details/faradaysdiarybei00fara_2/page/n7/mode/2upFlorencefst— old timey experiment: youtube.com/watch?v=UFEVvsbvlkA&pp=ygUZZmFyYWRheSBlZmZlY3QgZXhwZXJpbWVudA%3D%3DSupport me on Patreon and I will buy more optics equipment: patreon.com/acollierastro
of course antimatter falls down Angela Collier 2024-01-13 | The Role of Gravitation in Physics: Report from the 1957 Chapel Hill Conference: edition-open-sources.org/sources/5/toc.htmlExperiments to Measure The Force of Gravity on Positrons Fairbank and Whittburn (because the Nature paper is not online, boooooo): https://s3.cern.ch/inspire-prod-files-b/bbbee44751a98c26f6e03d494698b71512th International Conference on Atomic Physics: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA259250.pdfObservation of the effect of gravity on the motion of antimatter: nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06527-1Maxwell’s Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1865.0008Read this if you haven’t! IT IS SO GOOD THOUGH!Anti-apples: https://www.slac.stanford.edu/pubs/slacpubs/5750/slac-pub-5990.pdfScientists Disappointed to Find That Antimatter Falls When You Drop It: futurism.com/scientists-disappointed-antimatter-falls-dropMICROSCOPE Mission: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.121102My patreon for more videos like this (new video each month!): patreon.com/acollierastro
how to teach yourself physics Angela Collier 2023-12-30 | Serway/Jewett pdf online: salmanisaleh.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/physics-for-scientists-7th-ed.pdfLandau/Lifshitz pdf online: https://actu.epfl.ch/news/all-landau-lifshitz-in-one-click/Feynman lectures online: https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/Solutions to problems on my second channel:youtu.be/0J29jxmUpV8Physics gre daily problem: grephysics.net/ans/all-solutions_list.phpLearn a physics—problem of the day:learnapphysics.com/problem.phpPHet online physics simulations and labs: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/filter?subjects=physics&type=html,prototype Link to my patreon:patreon.com/acollierastro
the physics of pokémon evolution Angela Collier 2023-12-09 | I am very excited for the cozy resort Pokémon show. I am going to watch that.Article-The ejection of protons from nitrogen nuclei, photographed by the Wilson method:royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rspa.1925.0029Blackett’s 1948 Nobel Lecture: nobelprize.org/uploads/2018/06/blackett-lecture.pdfYes, Robert Oppenheimer Really Did Poison His Professor’s Apple: vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/07/oppenheimer-poison-apple-true-storyCambridge University Library Special Collections- Oppenheimer and the poisoned apple: specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=26027Thorium Radioactive Path Data: pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1050/thorium.htm
a tiny peek at Christmas economics Angela Collier 2023-12-03 | People who do not celebrate christmas but have other gift-intense holidays: is it bad for you too? Link to The Deadweight Loss of Christmas: https://www.amherst.edu/media/view/104699/original/christmas.pdf Original Planet Money podcast with Prof. Waldfogel: npr.org/sections/money/2009/11/podcast_happy_efficent_holiday.html Link to Planet Money candy bar episode: npr.org/sections/money/2012/12/25/167976196/episode-238-making-christmas-more-joyful-and-more-efficient Link to 'In defense of gift giving' or we could change the title to "Waldfogel was right about gift giving": npr.org/2022/12/20/1144558447/gift-giving-signaling-search-cost-behavioral-bias Finally, my patreon : patreon.com/acollierastro where you get a new video each month and maybe some Kohl's cash. (Kohl's cash is a joke right? It doesn't actually exist? It gives me company store vibes. Can't be real.)
electricity and magnetism are the same thing Angela Collier 2023-11-18 | electricity and magnetism are the same thing: in 20 minutes-ish!James Clerk Maxwell: A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field — royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/epdf/10.1098/rstl.1865.0008Kahn Academy: Deriving Speed of Light from Maxwell's Eqns — khanacademy.org/science/electromagnetism/x4352f0cb3cc997f5:the-remaining-maxwell-s-equation-and-understanding-light/x4352f0cb3cc997f5:compiling-maxwell-s-equations-how-light-works/v/deriving-speed-of-light-using-maxwell-s-equationsMany thanks to my patrons! Join my patreon for an extra video per month:patreon.com/acollierastro
the antimatter video Angela Collier 2023-11-11 | Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antimatter is coming, even now many antimatter has come. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.Join my patreon for a new video each month: patreon.com/acollierastro
how antimatter spacecraft will work Angela Collier 2023-11-03 | In this video I do not describe how antimatter spacecraft will work. (I am still not over the use of the word ‘will’ in that title. I know that it is intended to match the series of other titles on the website but the audacity!)What I will do is complain on the internet. For about 40 minutes. As God intended.How Antimatter Spacecraft Will Work by Kevin Bonsor:science.howstuffworks.com/antimatter.htmScientific Literacy: Why it Matters by some stupid kid:edreformbyundergrads.wordpress.com/2011/04/21/scientific-literacy-why-it-mattersScience Knowledge Quiz: pewresearch.org/science/quiz/science-knowledge-quizNot to brag but I got a perfect score so…(You answered 11 questions correctlyYou scored better than 83% of the public, below 0% of the public and the same as 16%.)If you would like to see more videos from me consider joining my patreon:patreon.com/acollierastro
what is the radius of the hydrogen atom? Angela Collier 2023-10-25 | What is the radius of the hydrogen atom? How has this answer changed over time? Quantum mechanics is fun and cool. Tablet math is tedious.If anyone is trying to solve a homework problem and just googled this, a_0= 0.53e-10 mDoes anybody actually read these things? The textbook is Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Professor R. Shankar.Here is a link to his YaleOpenCourse course: youtube.com/watch?v=KOKnWaLiL8w&list=PLFE3074A4CB751B2BYou can join my Patreon if you like. I post a new, patron-only video each month. patreon.com/acollierastro
a physicist responds: physics has done very little for like 70 years Angela Collier 2023-10-06 | What have you done for me lately physics???Turns out a whole lot of stuff. Neat. Physics is cool.Link to join the patreon if you are interest patreon.com/acollierastroAn exclusive video posted each month around the 1st.
violin plots should not exist Angela Collier 2023-09-15 | Violin plots are never the best version of a plot. They are hard to read and bad.Violinplot: https://www.stat.cmu.edu/~rnugent/PCMI2016/papers/ViolinPlots.pdf Beanplot: https://www.stat.cmu.edu/~rnugent/PCMI2016/papers/Beanplot.pdfMost plots from Harvard Open Courseware stuff: labxchange.org/library/items/lb:LabXchange:46f64d7a:html:1Patreon (join for exclusive video each month): patreon.com/acollierastro
the computers can play stratego now Angela Collier 2023-09-06 | I love stratego. Please recommend some awesome two player games below.Go check out @fairwaystrategovideos to watch some real stratego games and get some insight into strategy if this video has convinced you how awesome stratego is: youtube.com/@fairwaystrategovideosDeepNash Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2206.15378DeepNash Blogpost: deepmind.com/blog/mastering-stratego-the-classic-game-of-imperfect-informationDeepNash Code: github.com/deepmind/open_spiel/tree/master/open_spiel/python/algorithms/rnadfenirob stratego game shown briefly; youtube.com/watch?v=jamAlcDo9TkPatreon (join for exclusive video each month): patreon.com/acollierastro
a nuclear physics primer Angela Collier 2023-08-27 | You know nuclear becuase of the nucleus.Join my patreon--- new video every month: patreon.com/acollierastro
alkaline water ...with lemon Angela Collier 2023-08-13 | Alkaline Water with Lemon and Internet People Lie About WaterDrinking Alkaline Water is Dumb (@zDoggMd):youtube.com/watch?v=mqay54M1Oz4Reaction of Magnesium and Water (@NCSS:M):youtube.com/watch?v=u_1uLP30uxYMy water brand Can’t Trust a HO is on sale now! It’s just pure, clean, molecular oxygen! One of the most reactive chemicals of the known world! It will react you right to better health!Link: patreon.com/acollierastro
The Scourge of the Shire Angela Collier 2023-07-30 | I know, I know. I’m sorry.Andy Serkis reads LoTR: youtube.com/watch?v=dRiYYwuFoVUAll these clips are from LoTR which is owned by WB: warnerbros.com/movies/lord-rings-fellowship-ringLink to Patreon: patreon.com/acollierastro
AI does not exist but it will ruin everything anyway Angela Collier 2023-07-16 | AI tools are helpful and cool as long as you know their limitations. AI doesn’t exist.There is no fidelity in AI. AI is build on biased data sets and will give biased results. AI should not be used to make decisions.Link to Galaxy Zoo (Be a citizen scientist!) : zooniverse.org/projects/zookeeper/galaxy-zoo/Link to PictureThis! Plant AI app: picturethisai.comLink to that Legal Eagle episode: youtube.com/watch?v=oqSYljRYDEM
best physics equation | virial theorem | gravothermal catastrophe Angela Collier 2023-07-03 | Three things from thermodynamics. Why PV=nRt? What is the temperature of a black hole? Why is the PBS NOVA show so bad? I really tried to pronounce Clausius correctly but I don't think I nailed it.On the Mechanical Theorem Applicable to Heat by R. Clausius:isidore.co/misc/Physics%20papers%20and%20books/Zotero/storage/XZVZN9VN/Clausius%20-%201870%20-%20XVI.%20On%20a%20mechanical%20theorem%20applicable%20to%20heat.pdfOn the Masses of Nebulae and of Clusters of Nebular by F. Zwicky:https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1937ApJ....86..217ZThe Gravo-Thermal Catastrophe by D. Lynden-Bell and R. Wood:https://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1968MNRAS.138..495LPaul Ehrenfest article: https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/paul-ehrenfest-forgotten-physicist/Join my patreon if you want: patreon.com/acollierastroExtra videos there once a month.
Gell-Mann Amnesia and Michio Kaku Angela Collier 2023-06-18 | I won’t be mad if you can’t follow this at all. Also I spend ten or so minutes doing an Eigen Value problem.The Gell-Mann amnesia to Igon Value problem pipeline. And what is going on with Michio Kaku? @TechnologyConnections My favorite video of his is Brown; color is weird found here:youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU&pp=ygUcdGVjaG5vbG9neSBjb25uZWN0aW9ucyBicm93bg%3D%3DMalcolm Gladwell Article:bpb-us-e2.wpmucdn.com/faculty.sites.uci.edu/dist/2/51/files/2018/03/NYorker2002-blowingup.pdfSteven Pinker Book Review:nytimes.com/2009/11/15/books/review/Pinker-t.html@JennyNicholsonMy favorite video of hers: youtube.com/watch?v=YHbtaWr6lj8MLP documentary: youtube.com/watch?v=4fVOF2PiHncMichio Kaku on Hurricanes: youtube.com/watch?v=k8Gk9yPe-V0Link to blog post fact checking Michio Kaku’s book: https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=7321Finally, a link to my new patreon: patreon.com/acollierastroFeel free to check it out or ignore. Thanks for watching!
dark matter is not a theory Angela Collier 2023-06-07 | dark matter is not a theory.I tried to increase the sound on this---let me know how it went? I keep getting comments that my sound is too low but it always sounds fine on my devices.Professor David Weinberg dark matter rap:https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/weinberg.21/Rap/index.htmlProfessor Adam Hincks visualization link:adh-sj.info/bao_cmb.phpJob Geheniau’s dark matter measurement:rtl-sdr.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Rotation-Curve-with-JRT_English.pdf
the aliens will not be silicon Angela Collier 2023-05-21 | The aliens will not be silicon and that's okay!All my 'humble yourself' jokes are a reference but it feels lame to constantly dunk on that guy so I didn't clip him in here.On the Potential of Silicon as a Building Block for Lifepubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32532048Life in the Universehttps://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691241784/life-in-the-universe-5th-editionThe Black Cloudgoodreads.com/en/book/show/1246118
how to hack a telescope | ransomware sucks Angela Collier 2023-05-08 | It would be cool if people would stop scamming other people.I don't think anyone actually saw the movie I'm referencing with 'GENIUS HACKER MIT' It's called blackhat with Chris Hemsworth and I have not seen it either. I just think it's funny that the public perception of hackers who scam is 'genius' rather than 'jerk'.Alma footage:youtube.com/watch?v=egUa3bGdHDgJohn Oliver episode:youtube.com/watch?v=WqD-ATqw3js
string theory lied to us and now science communication is hard Angela Collier 2023-04-21 | String theory lied to us and now science communication is hard.This is just my opinion man. String theory is not bad. String theory is fine and interesting. String theory was communicated.....you could say poorly or could say deceptively. The game is Binding of Isaac Rebirth. I wish I had saved the seed so I could post it here.
the concept of mass Angela Collier 2023-04-15 | So there's just one mass. Just one.Link to Lev Okun's 1989 paper: http://www.itep.ru/science/doctors/okun/publishing_eng/em_3.pdf
the adjunct problem Angela Collier 2023-04-01 | So the people who teach all the courses don't actually work there? Teachers are important! They deserve a living wage and job stability and health insurance and retirement benefits and sick leave and....LINKS:Most of the facts and statistics on adjunct employment come from this survey (reported on here by inside higher ed):insidehighered.com/news/2020/04/20/new-report-says-many-adjuncts-make-less-3500-course-and-25000-yearMoney Diary from BonAppetit:bonappetit.com/story/food-diary-austin-texas-30k-year-salaryDepartment of Labor contacts by State:dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/contactsRonald Reagan On Education:Booooooooooo---files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ684842.pdf
the most important material in science Angela Collier 2023-03-06 | Did you guess? Let me know in the comments below if you were correct! Also apologies saying nitrogen instead of potassium a bunch of times. May the chemistry gods forgive me.The most important material in science is glass. This is a video about the history of glass. Glass is important. Glass is complicated. Professional scientific glass blowers are the coolest people in the world. And a little discussion on art versus science. Some links:MIT Newton Prism explainer video: youtube.com/watch?v=uucYGK_Ymp0The nature of glass remains anything but clear: web.archive.org/web/20170914193149/https:/www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/science/29glass.htmlGlassy physics seminar by Prof. Janssenyoutube.com/watch?v=eZAeTAbRmMs
your personal statement sucks Angela Collier 2023-02-18 | This video contains some brief advice on writing personal statements (but this is just like, my opinion man.) Why am I posting this in February? If you are applying to things in 8 months---NOW IS THE TIME TO WRITE THESE THINGS UP. That way you have time to bring all your documents to people and have them read and critique things. Good luck out there!Before starting a career in academia you may want to watch my postdoc exodus video.
internet people lie about fluoride Angela Collier 2023-01-24 | Getting scoffed at in the grocery store introduced me to an anti-fluoride movement. I was shocked and confused and then sad.I am going to incorrectly spell fluoride so the algorithm picks it up: flouride.I am not a medical doctor (but I do think you should brush your teeth with a fluoride toothpaste.)@MictheVegan Does Fluoride Really Calcify Your Pineal Gland? (youtube.com/watch?v=84f8GtboKa8)
how to cheat at chess Angela Collier 2022-12-16 | Magnus v. NiemannAre you cheating with a bot or just playing like a bot?This is a really vulnerable moment for me as you will soon learn I am an embarrassingly bad chess player.
that whole pluto thing was wild Angela Collier 2022-11-20 | When Pluto was declared a dwarf planet instead of a planet people lost their minds. I think that's pretty interesting.Btw --- Pluto is a planet. So is the Moon. Article Discussed:Moons Are Planets: Scientific Usefulness Versus Cultural Teleology in the Taxonomy of Planetary ScienceLink: arxiv.org/abs/2110.15285#pluto #Planet9isjustPluto
a scary science data story Angela Collier 2022-10-11 | Happy Halloween 2022!Link to Dr. Laskowski's blog post, What to do when you don't trust your data anymore: https://laskowskilab.faculty.ucdavis.edu/2020/01/29/retractions/Link to @scientificreactions7938 video: youtube.com/watch?v=HX8XnZ63_Mc#PruittData #ScaryScience
women in space (but with legos so its fun) Angela Collier 2022-09-26 | A short history on women in space. The NASA Artemis mission will put women on the moon in 2024. But will they? Are women still allowed to have jobs in 2024?LEGO kit: LEGO Creator 3in1 Space Shuttle Adventure 31117 Building Kit
