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It’s real science in a fictional world. Right now it’s about zombies. #shabam #scicomm Subscribe here: https://teapaw.org/t.co/yeZpdJSgGg

California, USA
Joined October 2014
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In a #pandemic there's a lot of misinformation flying around. The first step to figuring out what to believe and what not to believe is to think in probabilities (like a scientist). We talked about this is S1E10 of #Shabam and now we made a video: youtube.com/watch?v=REizWkva…
This five-month-old bar-tailed godwit smashed the record for long-distance migration following a non-stop, 11-day flight from Alaska to Tasmania: a 13,560 km journey beating the previous record, a godwit which flew 13,000 km [read more: buff.ly/3SBFrIA]
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These are awesome!
Hello #PortfolioDay! My name's Mark and I'm a scientific illustrator that loves using visuals to tell stories about data, nature, and science in general! ☺️🙂 #science #data #infodesign #infographics #art #artistsontwitter #sciart #scientificart #scientificillustration
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Need something to keep kids occupied in the holidays that also nourishes their minds? We have a podcast suggestion: @ShabamShow! It blends stories with science to make fun connections between science, art, math, and history: shabamshow.com/
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My favorite photo of Dad and Nichelle Nichols on set. The importance of Nichelle's legacy cannot be over-emphasized. She was much loved and will be missed.
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Some good info on spotting twitter bots: medium.com/dfrlab/botspot-tw…
Replying to @MelHerbert
My kids heard this and said “that’s Mel! Is there a new @ShabamShow ???” They’ve listened to the series at least five times! Now they want to go to the conference cause you’ll be there! 😂
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Zoom in on the Andromeda Galaxy with Hubble. What looks like a smudge of light to the unaided eye is actually a vast galaxy containing an estimated 1 trillion stars. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA
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Oh so you think you can draw the real shape of a floating iceberg? Test your skills! joshdata.me/iceberger.html
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and this in a nutshell is how we should be talking about science and inviting people into conversations about science
A friend has just shown me this book "Calculus made easy", published in 1914, and I think it's got one of the best prologues I've ever seen. This is *exactly* what textbooks should be doing. And they should all be honest about how terrifying the topic names are too.
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A 300-Year-Old Tale Of One Woman's Quest To Stop A Deadly Virus npr.org/sections/health-shot…
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Great visualization of Starlink Satellites satellitemap.space/#
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Worth reading!
Year after year, I'm discouraged by the ways we continue to miss Rosa Parks' full life of activism-2 decades before her bus stand & 40 years in Detroit fighting Northern racism after. So I wrote this: The Real Rosa Parks Story Is Better Than the Fairy Tale nytimes.com/2021/02/01/opini…
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