Physicist, mathematician, and electrical engineer Hertha Ayrton was born #OTD in 1854. She conducted foundational studies of electrical arcs, as well as the dynamics of ripple formation in sand. 🧪 ⚛️ 👩‍🔬 Portaint: Helena Arsène Darmesteter, Girton College

My dear friend @arianesherine.bsky.social wrote, produced, and performs her beautiful and personal song When I Was Your Age

Idk who did this comic but it's hilarious

This early morning I reached the goal of my “pilgrimage” to this unassuming bridge in North-West Dublin where none other than Sir William Hamilton carved his solution to represent rotations in 3D space using quaternions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History...

It should be no surprise that NASA, our most competent government organization, is very clearly the most representative of the power of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Watch all the kinds of people who were all given spotlights during the Artemis mission, it’s inspiring.

Look at the women at NASA. They are the ones pushing the boundaries of science, solving problems most people can’t even understand, and carrying this country forward, while our politicians right now posture and stumble through talking points. And they are doing it all with joy.👇

Lovely comic collaboration between Terry Tao @teorth.bsky.social and Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social, on what mathematicians are actually like. Less weird than you might think! Apparently they really care about oranges. www.smbc-comics.com/comic/sphere...

Look at all that DEI sending astronauts around the moon.

My daughter weighs 48kg and I've now lost the same amount. Here's my piece for Hello! on how it's changed the way I talk to her about her body. www.hellomagazine.com/second-act/8...

"Experts are dubious."

The Riemann Hypothesis Has Been Solved youtube.com/watch?v=NS9j...

A good time again to share my photo of an artifact in China's Silk Road Museum, labeled "green glazed pottery ornament."

ArXiv, the pioneering preprint server, declares independence from Cornell | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

My amazing teenager is several inches taller than me now! And looks way cooler than I do. Here’s my latest single cover. Even if my album does absolutely nothing, I’m so glad that she’ll always have these songs about her and will be able to listen to how much I love her. 🖤

Showering together Boyfriend: Normal people don’t have the shower set to ‘boiling’ Me: Are you saying I’m not normal? Boyfriend: Well, that’s what your song says Me: It isn’t about water temperature! youtu.be/whGTRxRzyIE?...

Boyfriend's folks came round. They drank black tea while we drank green tea. Me: We drink green tea as they studied 100,000 Chinese people, and those who drank 3 cups of green tea a week lived 18 months longer on average than those who drank no green tea. Boyfriend's mum: But you're not Chinese!

Dozens of researchers will move to France from US following high-profile bid to lure talent. Large proportion worked at Columbia University, which had its grants cut and frozen by the administration of US President Donald Trump. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Absolutely delighted that extremely selective blog Indie Spirits has chosen to profile my debut single 'Not Normal': "It’s a compelling blend of introspective lyricism and accessible melody that underscores her strength as both a songwriter and performer." theindependentspirits.com/ariane-x-not...

Great news: Johns Hopkins makes tuition free for most undergraduate students. ($200k/year or less is about 85% of American households.) hub.jhu.edu/2025/11/13/j...

Want to see how far right the Republican Party has gone? Watch George H. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan answer a question about illegal immigration during a 1980 debate. They wouldn’t even be allowed in today’s Republican Party.

[flashlight under chin] The Hamiltonian wasn’t diagonalized.

quick while the government is shut down let’s all switch to metric

An appeal to help preserve a unique archive of recorded scientific talks.

Astrophysicist Dr. Jaqueline Hewitt, known for pioneering work on gravitational lensing, was born #OTD in 1958. In 1987 she led the team of observers at the Very Large Array that discovered the first "Einstein ring." (1/n) 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬 ⚛️ Images: Hewitt et al, Nature 333, 537 (1988)

Geneticist Liane Russell was born #OTD in 1923. She pioneered the study of mutagenesis and teratogenesis due to radiation, and identified the role of the Y chromosome in sex determination. Her work led to diagnostic x-ray safety standards for women of childbearing age. 🧪 👩‍🔬 ⚛️

Turns out most Americans (70%) believe US universities should be receiving previous levels of funding - or even more! - to advance scientific research.

Devastating cuts to humanities education. If even somewhat accurate, this is terrible news for the University of Chicago. And a bleak outlook for universities elsewhere. The scariest prospect is if, as Ando says, leaders of the faculty are promoting this rather than resisting as much as they can.

I think Elon and Trump need to go on Piers Morgan and have a civilized discussion