Articles Tagged with astronomy

I made a mistake

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An unusual scientific paper

Science is generally self-correcting, but usually not in the same person.

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The last little bit

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No improvement yet?

Sometimes you make no progress until everything’s done.

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Black hole ironies

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Bright and dark, near and far

We point out some astronomical ironies.

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On orbits

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Curves in space

Things are different out there.

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Comes the dawn

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Early risers

We notice an asymmetry between sunrise and sunset.

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Examining the data

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How science is done (II)

How closely can you look at your input?

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A personal kind of astronomy

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How science is done (I)

We look at an extraordinary data set.

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Science vs. technology

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Not always on the same side

Even for scientists, the March of Progress is not always a good thing.

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The synthesis project

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Ways of being intelligent

We present an idea that won’t work.

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Working from a snapshot

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Patient astronomers

People are rather ill-designed for astronomy.

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