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Did you know?  The coldest state of matter —Bose-Einstein Condensate superfluid — has zero viscosity so can defy gravity and instead of flowing down, flow upward!

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Plug this equation into google or wolframalpha:

sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+(sqrt(|x|)-0.7) *(4-x^2)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -sqrt(6) to sqrt(6)

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Oh man this is hilarious. Bill O’Reilly claims God exists because of regular tides. Then Neil deGrasse Tyson explains tides are caused by the Moon.

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The Scale of the Universe 2

Cary Huang’s second generation **Interactive** scales of the universe. His first one had a few errors in it. This version is mesmerizing & accurate.

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What mystifies Stephen Hawking? Women.

A bipolar girl from San Francisco I liked (but who wasn’t into me) sent me this article.

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Physics is like sex. Sure, it may give some practical results, but that’s not why we do it.
Richard Feynman
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The discoverer of Pluto made a telescope out of old farm equipment.  With Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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The World's Largest Radio Telescope

The largest and most sensitive telescope ever built, the Square Kilometer Array will peer deeper into the universe than ever before, shedding light on some of the universe’s greatest mysteries.