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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 9

Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.

~ Carl Sagan

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Dorothee V. Plessis @dorotheevplessis.bsky.social · May 18

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Apr 21

I don't think 95 percent of the world's population even know him . So don't overrate him.

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IamSami @iamsammi.bsky.social · Apr 1

How we got here, says more about who brought us here than the why.
#Trump4GITMO

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Alex Spahn 🌋🌪️☄️ @spahn711.bsky.social · Mar 31

Recent rains have finally brought the woods to life! 🍄

A nine-image collage of various mushrooms/fungi I have found in the last couple days in the woods near where I live.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Mar 31

His name is daniel kahneman ,you can find multiple articles on wikipedia regarding his decision making theory.

Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Mar 31

You’re not in control of your decisions.

This Nobel Prize winner spent 37+ years proving it.

He exposed a psychological flaw in human decision-making.

Once you see it, you can’t unsee it.

And you'll question every decision you've ever made.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Mar 21

The Leo Trio.🔭

Image Credit & Copyright: Rabeea Alkuwari

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Mar 21

It's so sad to see that people around me have lost the ability to think rationally.

Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Mar 16

Yes.

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World of Engineering @engineers.bsky.social · Mar 16

Naturally 1 out of every 6400 hydrogen atoms in water is a deuterium atom. It forms a "heavy water" molecule with a slightly sweet taste and is safe in low amounts, but you will die if more than 50% of your body's H2O is replaced by D2O.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Mar 15

NGC 300: A Galaxy of Stars.🔭

Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Stern.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Mar 15

Nostalgia.

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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · Mar 11

TODAY’S NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF GALAXY NGC 4536 WHICH IS 50 MILLION LIGHT-YEARS AWAY!!! 🌌

A spiral galaxy with one especially large sweeping, curving arm in view to the left. The galaxy's core glows golden. Pink clumps of ionized hydrogen and blue clusters of stars, along with dark dust lanes, are visible in the arms. Some of the galaxy is cut off to the right.

Image credit: NASA, ESA, and J. Lee (Space Telescope Science Institute); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)

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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.bsky.social · Feb 27

What if the inside of black holes are a roiling sea of space and time stretching and compressing in multiple directions? Physicist Sean Hartnoll is applying new mathematical tools to explore a decades-old question. buff.ly/4kaLDWZ

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 27

Einstein Ring Surrounds Nearby Galaxy Center.🔭

Image Credit & Copyright: ESA, NASA, Euclid Consortium; Processing: J.-C. Cuillandre, G.
Anselmi, T. Li

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Zaid Mir @zaidmir.bsky.social · Feb 22

The Milky Way Beyond Earth's Horizon.🔭

International Space Station

This celestial image captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit using a camera with low light and long duration settings pointed out a window on the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft shows the Milky Way beyond Earth's horizon crowned by an atmospheric glow. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are also distinguishable as the International Space Station orbited 257 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 18

The man who sacrificed himself for science.

Vicent J. Martínez @vicentjm.bsky.social · Feb 18

425 yeras ago, on 17 February 1600, Giordado Bruno was burned at the stake in Rome. We start Section 3.1 of "The Reinvention of Science. Slaying the Dragons of Dogma and Ignorance" with this terrible fact that opened the 17th century. He was charged by the Inquisition for religious heresy. ⚛️🧪🔭

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Vicent J. Martínez @vicentjm.bsky.social · Feb 18

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New Scientist @newscientist.com · Feb 18

Biologists are discovering a world of beings tinier than viruses that appear to be everywhere – even living inside us. We have no idea what most of them are doing, but they raise profound questions about what life is and how it got started. www.newscientist.com/article/mg26...

A whole new world of tiny beings challenges fundamental ideas of life

The surprising discovery of entities smaller than viruses raises profound questions about what life is and how it got started

www.newscientist.com

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 17

Happy Birthday.

Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 15

I am not sure if humans are the most intelligent species in the universe, but I am quite sure we are the most violent.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 13

Reflections on VdB 31.🔭

Image Credit & Copyright: Roberto Marinoni

Reflections on VdB 31 captured by Roberto Marinoni.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 10

Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles .🔭

Image Credit & Copyright: Michael Goh

Milky Way over the Australian Pinnacles captured by Michael Goh.

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Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 10

Today I read and completed the first chapter of Cosmos by Carl Sagan.The best book I have ever read.I was amazed at how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth .I also feel sad about the loss of the greatest library, the Library of Alexandria that once existed on the Earth.

Ziyan @ziyanmir.bsky.social · Feb 9

Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm for science intact.

~ Carl Sagan