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Celestial navigation

Knowing where you are

You can get turn-by-turn directions.  What more do you need?

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The best learning

The best teaching?

Our tutor ponders methods and results.

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Proof and re-proof

Testing the theory again

General Relativity passes another test of its predictions.  Why bother?

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Making mistakes

Is punishing mistakes a mistake?

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Libraries and long walks

An unnecessary problem

Scientists sometimes set themselves problems just to learn.

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Alternate methods

The answer or the process?

When there’s more than one way to get there, you have to choose.  This can be confusing or useful.

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A village in space

Interstellar genetics

A recent paper contemplates a very long voyage.

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How big is your village?

History gets more distant

An unexpected genetic revolution started about 1850.

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Thermodynamics is unfair

Cooling is hard

Why did air conditioning appear so long after fire?

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Photography: the hard part

Keeping track

It’s still the same task, digital or film.  And it is still not done well, sometimes at all, by most photographers.

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