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Yes, Swiss scientist Fritz Zwicky coined the term “dark matter” which is impressive, but he also coined the term “spherical bastard” to describe people who are bastards no matter which way you look at them, and I think that should be celebrated more.

Today I set out to understand how barnacle geese chicks, who launch themselves off of cliff faces hundreds of feet high within days of hatching, survive their extreme falls. Friends, I did not succeed. Let me tell you what I did find. 1/8 ⚛️🧪

Photograph of a young gosling with gray and white fluffy feathers pecking at green grass and small purple flowers. The gosling is positioned sideways, highlighting its black beak and legs against a blurred natural background.

Image credit freddy dendoktoor via PublicDomainPictures.net, CC0 public domain

Gewalt gegen Frauen und Mädchen passiert vor allem in ihrem nahen sozialen Umfeld, das zeigen alle Studien, wieder und wieder. Hier geht's nicht um "Schutz von Frauen", sondern um ihre Instrumentalisierung, um rassistische Erzählungen zu stützen und zu legitimieren - und das vom Bundeskanzler.

No, theoretical physics isn’t broken; it’s just very hard There are many asserting that "theoretical physics is broken," and that's why there haven't been revolutionary new advances recently. On the other hand, maybe today's problems are just very hard. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #physics

No, theoretical physics isn't broken; it's just very hard

When you don't have enough clues to bring your detective story to a close, you should expect that your educated guesses will all be wrong.

bigthink.com