Stephen Sekula steve@hub.polari.us
Dallas, TX, USA
Husband; Associate Professor of Physics; I teach at SMU in Dallas, TX; I study the Higgs Particle with the ATLAS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN; writer and blogger; drummer; programmer; teacher; scientist; traveler; runner; gardener; open-source aficionado.
2017-06-23T20:49:39Z via NavierStokes To: Public
... learn more about mass extinctions and their strong correlation with climate change in earth's deep past: http://think.kera.org/2017/06/21/earths-extinctions-past-and-future/
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2017-06-23T20:39:45Z via NavierStokes To: Public
It is alarming that we [are meddling] with the same forces ... summoned a few [bleak] times in Earth's history." @PeterBrannen1 @kerathink
2017-06-23T19:39:59Z via NavierStokes To: Public
... also, here is the code for making the grid + rings: https://gist.github.com/stephensekula/09b8050efd066e33b86b1073f620552f
HOT.
2017-06-23T19:36:36Z via Dianara To: Public CC: Followers
Oof. Ack. Bleckh.
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2017-06-23T16:20:06Z via NavierStokes To: Public
You gotta love VPython. Hello, visualization of 5-D circle-compactified Kaluza-Klein extra dimensions. https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/878285244574691329/photo/1
2017-06-23T15:39:43Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @RepBillFoster: Today, I recognized @Fermilab's 50th anniversary and called on my colleagues to maintain #science funding for our n⦠https://twitter.com/i/web/status/878274849692581888
2017-06-23T00:12:57Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @ValerieH137: OTD 39 years ago: Read about creation of sculpture Broken Symmetry (made of ship steel) by R. Wilson.⦠https://twitter.com/i/web/status/877901139911430145
2017-06-22T12:30:29Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Our goal is not to 'win' against 'the other side.' [it's] 2 understand the natural world..."⦠https://twitter.com/i/web/status/877865230554071040
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That is a powerful statement. I hadn't heard about this proposal for red/blue teams to assess climate science. Thank you for drawing attention to this. Direct link for people on pump: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/21/attention-scott-pruitt-red-te...Measurement of Minimum Bias Observables with ATLAS. (arXiv:1706.06151v1 [hep-ex])
2017-06-21T12:49:36Z via NavierStokes To: Public
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"Measurement of Minimum Bias Observables with ATLAS. (arXiv:1706.06151v1 [hep-ex])"
The modelling of minimum bias interactions is a crucial ingredient to learn about the description of...
http://arxiv.org/abs/1706.06151
( Feed URL: http://reader.cooleysekula.net/public.php?op=rss&id=-2&key=lws9gc53b7878362bc7 )2017-06-21T12:20:21Z via NavierStokes To: Public
The "P" in EPA will stand for "Pseudoscience" and BOSC will consists of chemtrailers. Y not? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2017/06/20/trump-administration-to-decline-to-renew-dozens-of-scientists-for-key-epa-advisory-board/ https://twitter.com/drsekula/status/877499361885814788/photo/1
2017-06-21T11:50:55Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @royalsociety: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who developed differential & integral calculus independently of Newton, born #OTD OS 164⦠https://twitter.com/i/web/status/877436130462969856
2017-06-21T02:29:22Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @MVCOnline: Make plans to meet us Thursday night on the east side of campus by the water tower.
#weareMVCproud #dcccd https://twitter.com/MVCOnline/status/877315148805005314/video/1"2017-06-21T01:49:34Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @Fermilab: A speed trap for dark matter, revisited: http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/a-speed-trap-for-dark-matter-revisited via @SymmetryMag https://twitter.com/Fermilab/status/877307590065049602/photo/1
2017-06-20T23:29:55Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @chandraxray: #Today Chandra studied a binary star near the Vela supernova remnant. Light from that supernova explosion reached⦠https://twitter.com/i/web/status/877306157613944832
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2017-06-20T23:29:51Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @chandraxray: Eta Carinae is a mysterious, extremely bright and unstable #star located about 7,500 light years away from #Earth.⦠https://twitter.com/i/web/status/877150993288499201
2017-06-20T18:00:05Z via NavierStokes To: Public
Appropriators Challenge Commerce Secretary Ross on NOAA and NIST Cuts https://www.aip.org/fyi/2017/appropriators-challenge-commerce-secretary-ross-noaa-and-nist-cuts
2017-06-20T17:39:45Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @Fermilab: Artists! We are now accepting applications for Fermilab's next artist-in-residence. http://events.fnal.gov/art-gallery/artist-in-residence/ #STEAM https://twitter.com/Fermilab/status/877216999650115584/photo/1
2017-06-20T15:45:21Z via NavierStokes To: Public
From Twitter:RT @BlackPhysicists: Kepler Team Releases New Catalog of Exoplanet Candidates https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=http://www.sci-news.com/astronomy/kepler-catalog-exoplanet-candidates-04968.html&ct=ga&cd=CAIyGjNlZDg5NTNkM2ViNjU2NTk6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AFQjCNGZL4fvs62HBLrwEOT4g8ytjxXgww #astronomy https://twitter.com/BlackPhysicists/status/877188551645036548/photo/1
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2017-06-20T15:44:53Z via NavierStokes To: Public
I have asked HUNDREDS of "stupid" questions in my career. No one else remembers them, but I remember learning something from each one!
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The measure of learning isn't whether or not you ask questions (stupid or otherwise), but whether it's the same question you asked last time.Jason Self at 2017-06-20T16:23:02Z
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2017-06-20T15:44:52Z via NavierStokes To: Public
For a PhD student, this chart rly must be simpler: one box reading "YES." Don't psych yrslf out asking whether it's⦠https://twitter.com/i/web/status/877188384908824577