Articles Tagged with astronomy

Time is against us

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Human scales

The universe is often an obstacle to science fiction.

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Old telescopes

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Still useful

The problem is funding.

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The meeting (II)

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Software and soft skills

Our astronomer adds some comments on the meeting he attended this month.

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In person

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At the meeting

Why do scientists go to such great lengths to meet in person?

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Gaps in knowledge

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High and low

We note some gaps in our expertise.

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But first-

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The two-step problem

We identify a major block to productivity.

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Getting the stars right

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Does it matter?

We wonder how careful a fiction author really needs to be.

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Octopus arithmetic

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How different could it get?

We ponder how to communicate with aliens.

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Too simple, or not simple enough

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Modeling stars

How do you know when you’ve included all the important things?

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What it looks like

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The craters of the Moon

It looks like something familiar. . .

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