Sports quant, science writer, cosmology PhD. Ex science ed @BBC mags. Represented by @CuriousLitAg. @nasaproplus.bsky.social
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Yep, 'good luck' is definitely not the correct thing to say when a woman goes for a hair appointment. Another one for the masking list.
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We’ve lost an icon. Margaret Hamilton, a computer science pioneer best known for her work at MIT leading development of the flight software for the Apollo missions to the moon, has died at 90. Read about her legacy via MIT News: news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-h…
ALT Margaret Hamilton is reclined inside a NASA spacecraft module, surrounded by control panels and switches.
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I'd never considered using prediction markets for weather forecasting. Interesting to see a positive result reported here arxiv.org/abs/2609.23969
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When New Glenn exploded lots of people made rough estimates of the energy in the blast wave based upon the fuel mass, but the effects of an explosion depend on how that energy is released, not just the quantity.
So I set out to explain the physics:
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Tickets go on sale for the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at @britishmuseum this morning. I was asked a few times when I was talking Tapestry @ChalkeFestival last weekend why people should go see it, so I've scribbled some thoughts here open.substack.com/pub/histor…
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Dear Prof. Cox,
If I have drunk, on average, 12 pints of bitter per week since 1980, what percentage of the observable universe’s total mass has passed through my penis?
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37 years ago the Chinese army killed large numbers of people in Beijing and elsewhere when it cracked down on student protests. I was there and saw it happen myself. Nowadays China tries to claim the Tiananmen massacre was invented by the international media. That’s a total lie.
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Very sad news to hear the passing of John Blanche, thank you for all the amazing art that made me fall in love with Warhammer. RIP mate.
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Sound synchronized from @NASASpaceflight footage
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Back in the 1990s some expected that climate action would ramp up as the scale of the disaster became evident. As it happens, the opposite is the case. Ever more catastrophic impacts are accompanied by diminished ambition & political attacks on decarbonisation. Hard to explain.
I didn't want a mac that looked like a toaster and I wouldn't want a car that looks like a toaster either. It's not just this one though - why do so many EVs look absolutely shocking? theguardian.com/environment/…
