May 2013
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invaderxan asked: I'm quite fond of referring to planck lengths as Universe pixels. Because that's essentially what they are! :)
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April 2013
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Apparently I’m now an editor for the #Science tag! So that’s a cool thing to happen.
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GUYS GUESS WHAT
I went to DC on the weekend and visited the Natural History museum and both Air and Space museums
and I saw shows in both the planetarium and the IMAX theatre and they were AMAZING
and I also saw rad things like Anita, the spider carried on Skylab for experiments in the 70s, and the Gemini 7 spacecraft, and equipment and spacesuits that had actually been on the Moon
AND I WAS...
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Knowmia - Technology for Teaching. Made Simple. →
I’ve just added Knowmia to my links page—it’s a pretty cool site with lots of collected videos about all kinds of subjects, from algebra to learning Mandarin. Check it out if you want to learn about something new or need help with school work.
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Guest post submissions are now closed! Thanks to those who submitted—everyone else should look forward to reading their work over the next few weeks.
P.S. I’m sorry I’ve been posting so sporadically lately, but I’ll soon be back to writing more regularly.
March 2013
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Did you guys know that if you follow this twitter, it’ll tweet you when the International Space Station will be visible in the sky where you are?
dianemoser asked: Hey Lauren, I really enjoy your articles, especially the Musical Universe post! I am a pianist/composer who is working on a project about music and astronomy, and was wondering if you have written any other articles about music and science, Music of The Spheres, Kepler, Pythagoras and the rest of the gang.
densitychaser asked: Hey! If you could post a link to www(.)methodological(.)co that would be great, it's a new open-source site for scientific protocols that can be understood pre-coffee :) thanks heaps!
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As I’ve mentioned, I’ll be visiting the US in less than a month (!) so can anyone recommend places to see in Washington D.C.?
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Yo, Tumblr science bloggers:
Re: my post on scientific literacy, if we expect people to become scientifically literate, then someone has to teach them—and the education might as well start here.
Though Tumblr’s #science tag is awesome, it can be intimidating to people who don’t have the background knowledge to put the posts featured there into context. What would be really cool is to utilise another tag (not a featured one)...
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Happy International Women’s Day, everyone!
To celebrate, check out my women in science tag to read about some amazing women doing amazing things.
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There probably won’t be any posts for a day or two, because I’m busy at the Adelaide Writers’ Festival!
By busy, I mean I’m swooning over YA authors. I totally met Justine Larbalestier (who is the kind of person I aspire to be) and Scott Westerfeld (who is incredibly interesting) yesterday, and found out that Scott is actually a space enthusiast! SO COOL.
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amor-psithurism asked: I just stumbled upon your blog and I just can't handle your awesome. I also just spent two hours meant for sleep looking through your page. Totally worth it.
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February 2013
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theyweregreen replied to your photo: MY THOUGHTS ARE THAT HYPERVELOCITY STARS ARE…
For moment there I thought you were going to say ‘MY THOUGHTS ARE STARS I CAN’T FATHOM INTO CONSTELLATIONS’, but then it was all SCIENCE AWESOMENESS.
Oh man, now I’m super disappointed I didn’t say that.
but I can’t have everything because the wORLD IS NOT A WISH GRANTING FACTORY
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